There’s a term for people who are looking for a church—they are called “Church Shoppers.” I have never really liked that phrase because usually when someone enters my church and says they are “church shopping” I get the idea that we are being evaluated and judged. It’s not the evaluation that bothers me, it’s the […]
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Recently, I taught a 3-week series on the topic of money at the church where I serve as a pastor. I usually teach a special series once a year on money. People often ask me if it’s hard to preach about money. They assume that for a pastor it’s a tough topic, I guess because
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Show Timestamps 0:28 – Opening 1:28 – Free book info 3:29 – Ask-A-Pastor: Does the Bible say I really have to give 10% of my $ to church? 8:02 – Grammary Ad 9:02 – 6 Questions You must ask when you read your Bible Show Notes My latest book: FLANNEL-GRAPH JESUS: More Than A One-Dimensional
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When I was a kid growing up in Michigan, my parents enrolled me in a program called, AWANA. It’s a church-club sort of thing–think Boy Scouts for Christians. There were a couple of key differences, of course. First, AWANA was open to both girls and boys (now that I think of it, so are the
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One of my favorite Youtube channels is “Smarter Every Day” by Destin Sandlin. He’s a mechanical engineer who films himself learning something cool and then shares the videos with his audience. Obviously, Destin didn’t invent the idea of getting smarter. It’s an idea first proposed by God and it’s found all over the Bible. Of
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Recently, I was moved to read about the story of 13-year-old Hannah Foy, a young girl from Missouri who had decided to read the whole Bible in one year. She completed her goal a week early and proudly shared the news with her mom and friends. When telling her mom about her Bible experience she
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A while ago my family took a trip to an indoor amusement park. While we were there, we jumped onto the bumper cars and spent the next 5 minutes bashing into one another, laughing and trying to cram each other’s cars into the corner of the ride. It was a ton of fun. Life is
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The other day I was talking with a friend when he told me he was being “messed with” by the Devil. I told him that was impossible and that Satan (the Devil), probably didn’t even know who he was. This led us into a fascinating conversation about the spiritual realm and supernatural phenomena. What stuck
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Last week I wrote a post called 3 Simple Suggestions to Help You Start Reading Your Bible and my goal was to encourage people who feel the Bible is intimidating. I received great feedback on that post, but several people told me they had trouble finding time to read their Bible. I certainly understand that
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When my kids were younger, we encouraged them to make up a Christmas list each year. They would get pencil and paper out and pour through toy store catalogs, listing all of the things they wanted. One year my son asked me, “How come on my birthday you buy me presents, and on Jesus’s birthday,
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