I Know the Plans I Have For You

Robyn and I sent some chocolate covered strawberries to a friend who’s serving at a Young Life camp in Colorado this month. If you’ve never tried Shari’s Berries, I highly recommend them! I was tracking the shipment this morning and took this screen shot on my phone: The order was picked up yesterday evening in […]

Where Are Christians Who Have Died?

For the past couple of days, we’ve looked at some of what the Bible tells us about our eternal home–the new earth and the city of New Jerusalem. If you have placed your faith in Christ to forgive your sin–eternal life is a guarantee. You never have to wonder if you will spend eternity with […]

What is Heaven Like? (Part 2 of 2)

Yesterday, we looked at what we can learn about heaven from Genesis 1 and 2 and Revelation 21 and 22. In those chapters, we see God’s original design for the earth and how He will one day make the earth new. You can read yesterday’s post here, if you missed it. Let’s continue our look […]

What is Heaven Like? (Part 1 of 2)

For many years, I had a completely wrong view of heaven. I used to think we’d float around in some spiritual dimension, I guess as spirits, because I didn’t really see us having actual bodies like we do now. I imagined this spiritual realm would be very bright. That’s about it. I knew it would […]

A God-Powered Marriage

It’s a beautiful spring day in Kansas City. I’m here to perform a wedding ceremony later this afternoon. As soon as the ceremony is over, I’ll begin the 250 mile drive back to Fayetteville so I can preach on Sunday morning at The Church at Arkansas. I’ll be teaching from Acts 16:1-12, where we find […]

The Holy Spirit

How desperate is your situation? Are you at the point where you can’t see any way out? No way that things can get better? Your spouse wants a divorce. Your company is laying people off. Your child is a drug addict. Your husband is addicted to porn. Your loved one was diagnosed with cancer. Maybe […]

Unplugged

This morning, I turned the switch on a lamp at our church and nothing happened. I tried flipping the switch on the power strip it was plugged into, but still nothing. I tried plugging the extension cord into another outlet, but it still didn’t work. Next, I replaced the bulb. That didn’t work either. I […]