
Transformation happens as the transcendent God takes up residence in human flesh. Transformation is a gift we must learn to receive by grace.
Seven Lessons from the First Prayer of the First Church
The Holy Spirit is literally fusing the horizons of Scripture—from creation to King David and psalms to Jesus and the cross.
How the Church Becomes the Church Again
Prayer is not the only thing we do but it is the first thing.
When Wicked Men Hide In Executive Session
Courage doesn’t mean doing something great or impressive, courage comes from confidence in God.
Remembering Our Place in This Story
If we are not learning, relearning, and learning again this storyline of Scripture, we will invariably turn the story of God into a christianized self-help manual.
When the Good News Turns Out to Be Bad News
The gospel puts at least two kinds of people on notice: 1) people who need to be in control, and 2) people who resist change.
Holy Spirit Story: Dirty Kroger and My Big Fail
Acts 1:8, “You will be my witnesses” doesn’t mean you will witness to people about Jesus, it means you will be Jesus on Earth as he is in Heaven.
The Big Deals of Our Small Lives and the Calling to the Bigger Story
Many of us have regrettably reduced the Christian faith to be a support story or a helpful resource to help us work out the big deals of our little lives.
I Killed Jesus
We cannot go any further into the miraculous life of the gospel until we own my responsibility for making the gospel necessary.
Can You See Him?
The apostles often didn’t see a nameless person defined by their problems, they saw messianic prophecies about to be fulfilled.
The Acts of Jesus Continued . . .
Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus is physically present and active in the physical and active presence of his followers.
Still Day One?
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Jesus, I belong to you. I lift up
Holy Spirit Story: Seven Pastors in the Sanctuary of the Spirit
We just reached out to him and he touched us in a way that only the Lord can. It was about what God wanted, not our desires.