This past weekend I taught a message titled "The Season is Ours" on Galatians 6. This is a beautiful passage where the Apostle Paul invites Christians to take stock of what is growing in their life and invites them to invest themselves for the benefit of others.

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A couple of weeks ago I got this text from a friend: 

"How do you break down Romans 9?"

He was asking because this chapter is notoriously known as the 'Calvinist' chapter of the Bible in which God seems to predestine a whole lot of things and a whole lot of people. After an initial read, yo...

Have you ever reflected on someone else's horrifically stupid decision and encouraged yourself that you'd never do something like that? While it may make you feel better in the moment, I'd like to suggest this type of thinking is delusional.

There are multiple versions of each of us—some better ...

We are a quarter into the new year! The plants are coming back to life and for those of us in Arizona, the heat looms large in our future. For now, we live in the moment.

Below you can see the books I've read so far this year with my rating for them (5 being the best), along with a brief review....

I taught a message this past weekend called "The Simplicity of Christianity." I was asked to begin a series on the book of Galatians. In that book, the Apostle Paul is trying to win back Christians who had been told they had to do things like circumcision in order to carry out their faith.

Basic...

One of the lingering benefits for me of attending seminary is the way it helps me appreciate the depth and breadth of the Christian tradition. Christians lived out their faith in numerous ways across a variety of cultures and time frames. This means they've also understood the Scriptures from a v...

One of my favorite (seemingly) bizarre subjects to discuss is artificial intelligence. It captures my imagination and I believe most of us are living in a time when it will completely change the world as we know it. I remember attending a conference more than ten years ago where I got to sit next...

I had the privilege of speaking at Pantano Christian Church in Tucson this past weekend. My friend Trevor became the pastor there a little over a year ago and it was so cool to see what God is doing in this community. 

I shared a message I titled "Blurry Eyes," and told the story from Mark 8:22-...