In our key verse today, Jesus’ brother Jude motivates us with an action plan to keep ourselves in God’s love through three actions. First, we are to build ourselves up in our faith. Building ourselves up in our faith involves growing in our knowledge of the truth. Building takes...

The other day, I was asked by a newly forming Community Group to come and help speak some encouragement and direction into these newfound friends. I have given hundreds and hundreds of talks on the importance of groups, the Biblical president, how groups operated and grow – but this...

The context of this passage is that King Hezekiah of Israel called the Israelites together to celebrate the Passover. The Passover celebration was later than it was supposed to be, and the people ate the Passover lambs even though they were not ceremonially clean. One of the most common...

To me, this is one of the most perplexing and thought provoking verses in scripture. I think I have a weeks worth of thoughts on this one sentence, but today, let’s focus on the two words that make up verse 17. Quick story about the sweetest, most Godly woman (Next to Mother Teresa) that...

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Whom should I actually pray to? Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or God?” I sometimes do some theological wrestling about the focus of my prayers, but usually end up with this profound answer: “YES!” There are times I need to speak to my...