[This is the third part of a three part series on God’s Forgiveness. Part one is “Did God Forgive Before Jesus?” and part two is “Does God Need Blood to Forgive?“] God did and is doing far more through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus to redeem and heal

[This is the second part of a three part series on God’s Forgiveness. Part one is “Did God Forgive People Before Jesus?” and part three is “Jesus’ Death and God’s Forgiveness.”] Does God need blood to forgive people? Of course not! Do you need something to die or bleed for

[This is the beginning of a three part series on God’s Forgiveness. Part two is “Does God Need Blood to Forgive?” and part three is “Jesus’ Death and God’s Forgiveness.”] Did God forgive people, forgive sins, before Jesus? Of course. In case you thought God specifically needed the death of

There is a quote that I love which has been attributed to a number of different people that goes like this:  “Everything will be alright in the end.  If it’s not alright, then it’s not the end yet.” I think this quote does an amazing job of capturing the hope

“The Lord remembers us and will bless us”- Psalm 115:12 Sometime soon try this simple and powerful way of praying for people – offer people’s names up to God. If done out loud it might sound like the reciting of names at a memorial service, but the intent is different.

“You can be anything you want to be!” You actually can’t be anything you want to be. At 5’1″ 117 pound Laffit Pincay, Jr. would never make it in pro basketball. Shaquille O’Neal could never make it as a professional jockey. Bill Gates will likely never be a dynamic pubic

Found written on the wall of a Nazi concentration camp: I believe in the sun, even when it isn’t shining, I believe in love, even when I feel it not, I believe in God, even when He is silent. (Found by me in the best devotion book ever – Celtic

Several people have asked for a copy of the blessing I give on Sunday mornings at the end of the services in which I preach, so here it is. I hope it is a blessing to you. Someday I might be courageous enough to tell you why I wrote it.

I remember when I was a kid trying to walk across this balance beam. It was about four feet off the ground. I fell off every time. The crazy thing was that there was this other balance beam that was the same width as the four foot one on the