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In many churches, you'll find these personalities. They are often masters at knocking you off course. Your ability to identify their shadow mission and stand firm in your stated mission…

Jesus constantly encountered desperate people. Desperation drew Him to them. One such example is a story of the mess on the descending switchback path from the Mount of Transfiguration. A…

There's something going on in the heart of every person. It's universal. It escorts us nightly through vivid three-dimensional dreams. It draws into dark rooms to observe the flickering lights…

I absolutely believe that most churches long to be welcoming to first-time guests and new attendees. But there is a gaping chasm between having a desire to reach people and…

We see Jesus rising up early: Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where…

They came to John the Baptist with a report of Jesus baptizing. "All are going to Him," they observed. This itinerate preacher who made his home among reeds and wild…

The second chapter of the Gospel of John contains two very different stories about the early years of Jesus ministry: A wedding feast where earthen vessels used for bath water…

On the Day of Atonement, a priest would lay his hands on a goat and place the sins of the entire nation. After this solemn act the scapegoat, would be…

There was John and then there was Jesus.John couldn't be categorized as anything but completely, radically, undeniably committed. His calling and mission propelled him into the vortex of the Jesus story.…