Face to Face, Part 6— What does it mean to pledge allegiance to something? Dictionary.com defines allegiance as “loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.”  The earliest I can rem...  Read More

Lives were changed after an encounter with Jesus... lives of people just like you and me. Today's Takeaway //  Sometimes we have to listen to our Heavenly Father and not our earthly family. “If anyone...  Read More

Face to Face, Part 5— “Sometimes things just go wrong.” I remember hearing that quite often throughout my life. Whether it was striking out in a little league game, which happened often, or a more ser...  Read More

One helpful way of thinking about prayer is to think of concentric circles. You know, the circle that’s inside of a circle, which is inside of another one, and so on. If we visualize our prayer life i...  Read More

Lives were changed after an encounter with Jesus... lives of people just like you and me. Today's Takeaway //  Freedom is found at the Savior's table.  Sehnsucht Sehnsucht has to do with an intense de...  Read More

Face to Face, Part 4—I imagine that most of us, seeing as we are all human, have gone through heartaches and heartbreaks, where people close to us betray our trust, hurt our feelings or simply disrega...  Read More

Lives were changed after an encounter with Jesus... lives of people just like you and me. Today's Takeaway // We should care about the spiritual welfare of those around us. When Jesus knew that the Ph...  Read More

Face to Face, Part3—I got pretty good grades in school. I was a mostly-A student. I thought I knew how to study and take a test, and figured I knew just about everything by the time I graduated high s...  Read More

I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enoughEvery single lie that tells me I will never measure upAm I more than just the sum of every high and every lowRemind me once again just who I am...  Read More

Lives were changed after an encounter with Jesus... lives of people just like you and me. Today's Takeaway // We must be born again. He was a man of high moral character, deep religious hunger, and ye...  Read More

Face to Face, Part 1— 2 Corinthians 5:7 reminds us that “we walk by faith, not by sight.” Today, Christians believe and trust in God, who we cannot see. But for one blessed generation 2000 years ago, ...  Read More

Lives were changed after an encounter with Jesus... lives of people just like you and me. Today's Takeaway // God has a wonderful plan for your life Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise ...  Read More