LifeLift

Over the past few years it’s become popular in hipster-ish types of churches (not that I’m opposed to ANY expression of the church) to say things that SOUND right but actually breakdown to “nothing” when placed under...

I knew a pastor who used to say, “God’s in a good mood.” To his dying day, he’d chuckle- in a serious way- when he said it. He was convinced that God was absolutely happy. Somehow, I was totally uncomfortable with...

What is God actually like? That’s a big question— and one that matters. You see, we practically “live out” our beliefs, even those we’re not aware of. And, one of the biggest, most important beliefs is what we think...

A few weeks ago I met Andy Mason… online. We’re in a common Facebook group, because we use the same software to run our websites… One of his posts led to an offline conversation which led to us swapping books. He was...

The Lord established an everlasting covenant with David in 2 Samuel 7:16. He promised an offspring of his would always sit on the throne. Notably, this occurred BEFORE David committed adultery with Bathsheba and then...

“Repressed emotions are unfinished business,” David Stewart writes— they highlight pages in the past that continuing altering our story in the present” (Healing Oils of the Bible, p116). As this relates to pain in the...

The disciples spent a lot of time with Jesus. That’s how “discipleship” worked back in Biblical times. Whereas we’ve reduced the concept to “... the breed of discipleship they experienced was a life-on-life encounter...

There are 3 facts about human nature: 👉 FACT 1 = We’re designed to explore and grow. We, by our nature, venture forth and look into the unknown. 👉 FACT 2 = Some of that exploration causes PAIN. That is, not all...

Albert Einstein said that time is relative. He didn’t reject the existence of time. Rather, he rejected the distinction between past, present, and future. ⏰⏰⏰ “The light you see now left the sun 8 minutes ago,” a...

During my first year of college I developed the habit of sitting down with a paper calendar— the kind I still carry to this date— the first day of class, syllabus in hand. I always wrote which chapters were being...

Solomon tells us it’s better to “go to a house of mourning than a house of feasting” (Ecclesiastes 7:2). That is, something in looking at life soberly— from the vantage point of our humanity— shifts everything into...

Culture trumps just about everything. If you create an environment where people can thrive, they generally come alive. 💙 Let me tell you where I’m headed in this talk… Proverbs reminds us that the “fear of the Lord”...