Reading Time: 2 minutesMany people attend church and listen to spiritual content repeatedly. Yet in 2 Timothy 4, Paul warned that people will eventually be less enthralled with truth and more enthralled with … Read More
6 Signs of Just Churchgoing vs. True Discipleship
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s easy to slip into the routine of church life without ever truly following Jesus. Paul warned Timothy about those who would “hold to a form of godliness but deny … Read More
Scrap New Years Resolutions – Do This Instead
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year on January 1, we eagerly embrace the excitement of New Year’s resolutions! Yet, it’s a startling fact that around 80% of these resolutions fizzle out within just a … Read More
Why Am I Not Growing Spiritually?
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou’re going to church.You’re spending time with other believers.You’re trying to avoid participating in ‘bad stuff.’And yet – you’re at the same place you were this time last year. Stuck. … Read More
Unwrapping Harmony: Navigating Family Chats this Christmas
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou’ve been there: 3-4 hours after the initial catching up is over about the kids, the weather, and what’s going to be served at the Christmas meal, conversations start to … Read More
Three Ways to Tackle Your Blindspots
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou’re probably not aware of this – but you have blindspots in your life. Have you ever driven on the interstate with a young driver who is changing lanes? What … Read More
The Attitude of a Servant
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuite possibly in Jesus’ mind, servanthood was the most important characteristic he wanted to be known by. He wanted to be known as a servant. Amazing how the One who … Read More
Emptying of Your Rights as a Servant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEmptying as a servant is an emptying of your ‘rights’.“…but emptied himself…” (Phil. 2:7) Jesus self-emptied himself – not of his divinity – but of certain divine rights and privileges. … Read More
The Right Posture in Servanthood
Reading Time: 2 minutesPosture in servanthood has to do primarily with our posture toward God.“…taking the form of a bondservant…” (Phil. 2:7) Previously Paul told us that Jesus was in the “form of … Read More
Identification in Servanthood
Reading Time: 2 minutesIdentification in servanthood is where you put yourself in the shoes of others.“…being made in the likeness of men…” (Phil. 2:7) When Jesus came to earth He came like the … Read More