Summary: In this continuation of the «Warning: How to Prevent Spiritual Injury» series, the preacher confronts the spiritual wound of ego—our self-importance and need to prove our worth. Using humor, personal stories, and the encounter of the rich [...]

I just love the reality game show, «Wipe Out». I just find it hilarious. So if I’m flipping through the channels I get stuck on it. I don’t get enough, I can’t get enough of normal people making a fool of themselves. It’s hilarious to me. You know, [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we come to the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the Church gives us this marvelous story of the Visitation, Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth. And I'll tell you the word I've always loved in this story. [...]

This is an excerpt from: Self-Humbling Through Fasting First of all, Ruth and I are going to make a proclamation which is taken from 1 Peter 5:6–11. "It’s more lengthy than the ones we’ve been making and its theme is humbling ourselves. [...]

This is an excerpt from: Why Should We Be Longing for Jesus' Appearing? One more reason why we should be longing for the Lord’s appearing. This is going a little bit beyond our personal situations. Which is embarrassing for most Christians [...]

Joyce Meyer explains that following Jesus requires denying selfish, self-centered living—losing sight of our own interests to take up our cross daily and serve others. In balance, this isn't total self-neglect or burnout from endless giving, [...]

I want you to do me a favor, I want you to go to Luke chapter 17 tonight, Luke chapter 17. These first couple weeks of January, we've been talking about not only the miracles of God and the expectation that we have that God is going to perform [...]