Valentine's Day is just 2 days away! And of course I'm an expert on such things as love and romance... Relationships between men and women have always been complicated. But somehow, our society has now made that even more complicated under the banners of 'progress' and 'freedom'.

Last Sunday I spoke on the subject of forgiveness - how we are to forgive others. And it spurred several conversations because it can be such a difficult thing to practice. And I readily admit it's easier to teach what scripture says on the subject than it is to always live it out. But scripturally speaking Jesus tied ...

1993, a teen was shot by another teen he didn't know. The mother of the victim reached out and forgave her son's killer and after he got out of prison, they now choose to live next door to each other.

Today is 'National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday'. It was first established in 1984 by Ronald Reagan. His proclamation was issued on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, about which President Reagan said - the Supreme Court, "Struck down our laws protecting the lives of unborn children." Now it is up to each state as to how they...

I'm sure you've heard something like this before, "God helps those who help themselves." It sounds nice and encouraging - a motivation to action; the only problem - it's not biblical. That phrase is found nowhere in the Bible, and the very idea is actually diametrically opposed to the message of the Gospel.

So we've survived the holidays, but pretty soon we'll be getting the credit card bills for all those presents we bought. Last week I talked about being careful with your time. Now I want to think about being careful with our money. 'We just celebrated Christmas and New Year's and now, the preacher wants to spoil the mood by talking about money...?'...

So, Christmas is over and we have another brand new year. How was your year? We've had a couple of pretty rough ones. Personally, I'd have to say I was blessed this past year, but just because I was blessed doesn't mean that everything was easy. The same can be said about a lot of ...

I want to point us to a man in scripture who was celebrating the events of Christmas even before Christmas was invented - about 700 years before Jesus was born. Let's look at familiar words I shared last evening, but now a little deeper, in Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV)...

How much time in the month of December do we spend thinking about the birth of Jesus versus time spent shopping, wrapping presents, decorating, and going to and from Christmas parties and events? And every time, I think it's going to be different this year... I love Christmas, but I'm not a fan of all of the ...

Have you heard someone use the phrase, "I feel seen" - or "I see you"? Of course it can mean simply that you visually see someone with your eyes. But also, 'Feeling seen' means feeling acknowledged - like "I feel understood" or "I feel affirmed". For someone to 'see you' it means they need to be present in the moment...