The grace of God has appeared—but grace is easy to miss.Gus Farmer and Kenneth Green introduced me to God’s grace while I was in college, and my life has never been the same. Grace reshaped how I saw ...  Read More

A Good Spirit“You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.”— Nehemiah 9:20A father once gave his son money f...  Read More

Shake Off Shame and Step Into Your Promised LandAs a kid, I struggled with not having a father. I didn’t share that much growing up, because it brought shame. Other kids at events would ask me where m...  Read More

When Grace Rewrites the OrderTax Collectors and Sinners are entering the Kingdom of God ahead of the religious elite - only in God’s order (Luke 18:9-14; Matthew 21:31-32). We are into human preferenc...  Read More

Motivational Theology“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”(Ephesians 5:15–16)Paul’s words land with urgency....  Read More

“Then the LORD said to Abram, ‘Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own… But afterward they will come out with great possessions.’”— G...  Read More

Don’t Make It Difficult for People to Come to GodEnough with the obstacle-course salvation — the hoop-jumping, reward-and-punishment systems, and the five-step formulas for earning God’s approval. Jon...  Read More

“She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’” — Genesis 16:13 (NIV)Today, I watched from my car as a van pulled...  Read More

Motivational Theology“Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and do it.”(Luke 11:28)God isn’t looking for scholars—He’s looking for followers.Gathering Bible facts is one level of learning, but fo...  Read More

Shake Off Shame and Step Into Your Promised LandAs a kid, I struggled with not having a father. I didn’t share that much growing up, because it brought shame. Other kids at events would ask me where m...  Read More

The Mercy of RestorationAs I prepared this reflection, I kept coming across a theological idea called divine acceleration.It refers to moments when God moves faster than the normal pace of life.For ex...  Read More

I get it. We are obsessively driven. We are into forcing our vision.“If it is to be, it is up to me.”“I can because I believe I can.”However, we can save ourselves a lot of confusion, frustration, and...  Read More