Just for a minute, I want you to picture this scene. Before church started, we had a potluck dinner. But instead of serving milk and coffee with our meal, we served wine. I mean, lots of wine. To the point that by the time church started, there were people who were in various stages of…
Download Life Guide Do you remember Steven Avery, the man featured in the documentary, “Making a Murderer”? Tell me, how would you feel if yesterday you learned that Steven Avery was released from prison and today he comes strolling into church and plops down in the pew beside you? How would you feel? Would you…
Tell me, what does the word “repent” mean to you? I think that for many people the word has a very negative connotation. They imagine some church official saying, “Ve have vays of making you repent!” But actually, the biblical definition of repentance is not a negative one. The Greek word for repent is metanoia.…
Download Life Guide Tell me, have you ever had a few laughs at the expense of someone who was sound asleep? You know, your roommate is dead to the world, and you sneak into his room and kind of tickle his nose with a feather and watch him swat the fly. Or better yet, you…
Download Life Guide Question for you. If you wanted to share your faith with someone, if you wanted to tell them who Jesus is and what he’s done for you, could you do that using only what can know from the Old Testament? In other words, you can’t be quoting John 3:16…”For God so loved…
It’s an announcement which typically brings joy to the hearts of those who hear it. The announcement made by that young couple recently married, when they share the good news, “We’re expecting a baby!” Isn’t that right? I mean, it’s got to be right up there with “I just got engaged!” After that announcement, the second most exciting announcement—the one that is…
Have you ever had a friend or family member go through surgery while you waited in the waiting room? It can be kind of a trying experience, can’t it? You’re never quite sure how long the surgery will last or how it will go so there’s always a little anxiety, a little nervousness, you’re always a little on edge. The hospital does…
Download Life Guide Last week Tuesday, our nation went to the polls to elect the next president of the United States. And when the results were announced, half of our nation went into celebration, and half went into shock. Half saw the election as a tremendous victory and half saw it as a crushing defeat. Many saw the winning candidate is the…
Download Life Guide Back in the day, when I was in high school, we called it “Initiation.” It was the time-honored tradition of breaking in the new crop of freshman. At Martin Luther Academy, where I went to High School, freshmen were called Fuchses, and for the first week of the school year, we dressed up the fuchses, and marched them around…
Download Life Guide A question for you. Do you think it’s wrong for a Christian to buy a lottery ticket? I’m not asking, “Do you think it’s a good investment? Or do you think you have a good chance of winning it all?” I’m asking, “Is it wrong for a Christian to purchase a chance to become a millionaire?” I’d love to…
