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

I recently started my first seminary class. It is called Discipleship Ministries. So last week our first writing assignment was to discuss the conditions/costs of discipleship and define what a “disciple” is. So I thought I would share my thoughts with you.  You can download a pdf of it here or simply read below. I [...]

Today I had the honor and the blessing to speak at multi-church gathering we hosted at our church. The theme for the day was A Return to Biblical Discipleship, and I was slated as the third and final speaker of the day.
I was asked to speak on The Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Discipleship. So [...]

This morning I was having my devotional and read the following:
We do not grow into a spiritual relationship step by step— we either have a relationship or we do not. God does not continue to cleanse us more and more from sin— “But if we walk in the light,” we are cleansed “from all sin” [...]

Well we are quickly approaching our move to Indiana. I am excited, anxious, and a little nervous if I am totally honest. This is a big change in many ways. New town, new church family, new job, new ministry, new state, new responsibilities, and new adventures for sure.
So this morning as I was having my [...]

Love is a topic I have been reflecting and meditating on for the past year so. Love seems to be a word we use quite often without much regard to what it really means. It is a word that is used to describe everything from our affinity to a particular flavor of ice cream to [...]