wholly surrender | He must increase, but I must decrease. -John 3:30

Yesterday I had the privilege of preaching at Calvary Baptist Church in Connersville, IN. We are currently studying through a series called Jesus, Money, & Me, and my specific sermon was entitled Jesus, Money, & Misconceptions.
The audio for the sermon is available in iTunes or on our website, but I also thought I would give [...]

Today my grandma’s old saying, “a watched pot never boils.” is really hitting home.
It is our official due date, and Baby Girl Mathis is still holding out.
This is worst than the night before your leave for Disney World. So much anticipation and expectation, yet no idea of when resolution will come. No plan. No schedule. [...]

Today in Sunday School class we continued our study of Luke’s Gospel. We had lots of great conversation, but it was the following verses that really struck me this week.

Luke 8:22-25
Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the [...]

Well the last couple of days evidence of fast approaching change have surfaced. Things are being cleaned, reorganized, assembled, etc… all in preparation for a pending arrival. It is starting to make the whole process a little more real for Daddy. It is kind of strange how that I have known for nine months we [...]

Well after my 10 Discipleship Truths post a couple of weeks ago several of you asked if I had a recording of the talk that they came out of.
So I managed to dig it up, but I do need to offer a few clarifying points before you listen.
1. This talk was written for and delivered [...]