Originally posted on June 23, 2004 Whenever I counsel engaged couples, I tell them that when they get disappointed with their spouse, they are then ready to love. The same is true in church. When you make an attempt to connect with people...
Originally posted on June 15, 2004 At the risk of sounding like Yogi Berra, let me say that no one ever connected without connecting. In other words, if you are not in the presence of others, you'll never connect with them in ...
Originally posted on June 9, 2004 Last week I wrote to you about overcoming the problem of disconnection. I shared with you the common traits I have seen in people who have overcome the feeling of being disconnected at church. Let me share...
Originally posted on June 2, 2004 Everyone sometimes has trouble connecting with others. Church people are no different. Life pulls us in many different directions, making it necessary for us to be committed to connecting. But we must connect. God gave...
Originally posted on May 6, 2004 Sometimes walking by faith requires taking a specific action step into the unknown. It means making a decision. It's like crossing a line. My favorite "line crossing" story is really about crossing a river. In...
Originally posted on April 23, 2004 The Old Testament leader Nehemiah shows us what it looks like to face and overcome difficulty by faith. Nehemiah's mission was to rebuild the walls around the city of Jerusalem and to strengthen the hearts of the discouraged people...
Originally posted on April 15, 2004 The Verbs of Faith Hebrews 11 is the chapter best known for its teaching on faith. The phrase "by faith" is used twenty times to describe the lives of many of the great people of the Bible....
Originally posted on April 8, 2004 "By grace through faith" is the Bible's way of expressing the basic way God deals with people. This means that as a Christian, we live the life of faith that believes and acts on everything God has given us...
Originally posted on April 1, 2004 "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus...
Originally posted on January 23, 2004 We all need a "center". A center is the bedrock truth that determines how we live. It is also the truth we keep coming back to for perspective, encouragement and energy to keep moving forward ...
