How would you like to receive the following tweet? You should let all the fans you let down crucify you. How would you handle that? That’s a tweet Andrew Maxwell received during his time quarterbacking the Michigan State Spartans football team. Andrew Maxwell compiled an impressive career as Michigan State University’s quarterback, his biggest season […]
Jesus’s Gift To People Who Don’t Know What A Gift Actually Is
In the aftermath of this morning’s Christmas sermon and a week of getting and giving Christmas presents, I realized most of us don’t know what a gift is. Since most of me and my extended family’s gift-giving money goes toward our collective six kids, all age 5 and under, this year we decided to draw […]
Christian Pastor Freed from Iranian Prison
I did an interview last year with an Iranian Christian friend of mine who lives in Lansing. My friend converted from Islam when living in Iran and thus had to become a refugee to escape those trying to kill him, namely his father. You can read the interview here: After Death Threats from Muslims in […]
What Does the Bible Say About God’s Love for Me?
What Does the Bible Say About God’s Love for Me? In the gospel, you are: Loved (John 3:16) Qualified (Colossians 1:12) Righteous (Romans 3:21-22) Accepted (Romans 15:7) Complete (Colossians 2:10 NLT) Reconciled (Colossians 1:22) Holy (Colossians 1:22) Blameless (Colossians 1:22) Without Blemish (Colossians 1:22) Free (Galatians 5:1) Free from Accusation (Colossians 1:22) Forgiven (Colossians 2:13) […]
How Saying “Merry Christmas” Turned into a Swear Word
I was chatting with the free sample guy at Meijer the other day, getting some godsend cups of red velvet cake that enabled my 2-year-old and 4-year-old to make it through the rest of the grocery run. After we got done asking each other about our kids and discussing the miraculous power of red velvet […]
Interview with “Failed” Church Planter Jeremy Dowsett
The church Jeremy Dowsett started 10 years ago closed its doors in 2015. In this interview, Jeremy takes us behind the curtain of how he’s handled this emotionally and spiritually. Every church planter who has gone through this experience is going to be unique and Jeremy is no exception. The interview walks through the flaws […]