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I can’t help but ponder the times we live in. The division of allegiance is stark. This week has felt like a whirlwind of insanity. It once again reminds us of how dehumanizing and polarizing our current culture has become. Just last night was another display of division—two opposing halftime shows. Both functioned as political statement pieces, both rooted in defiance. This is not a new issue, though it certainly feels highly amplified throughout today’s media. It was presen

The Need for Spiritual Maturity in the Age of InfluenceI have been seeing a lot of news recently about Bethel Church and Shawn Bolz. Another scandal has broken out inside the church, with more people being hurt by very evil things. It seems that, more often than not, I am reading far more articles on another church failure, another minister’s failure, and another graphic situation swept under the rug for the sake of “momentum.” Because of this, I see far too often a voice tha

The gifts of The Spirit bring about a certain persona with them. Either you lean charismatic and are considered flaky and weird or you lean cessationist and are considered lifeless. This is a topic that is often debated with great passion and emotion at times. Let’s dive into the deep end a little. There is a lot to talk about when it pertains to the gifts of The Spirit, they can be categorized in a few different categories. Overview of the Gifts of The Spirit. First, there a

Hermeneutics. What a word! What does it mean? Does it even matter? How does it apply to my everyday life as a Christian? These are the questions we are going to look at and briefly answer here. I remember when someone first told me about hermeneutics all I could think was “Herman who?” Yet soon after I would come to realize its great importance and benefit to the life of the average Christian. I used to think it was just for academia, pastors, and theologians. However, hermen

For the righteous shall live by faith; as the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith (Romans 1:17). This is only achieved by complete submission unto the Lord by the work of His Holy Spirit. Not the counter of submission only to precepts and regulations. For righteousness cannot be obtained through precepts, nor through obedience to regulations and rules. But only by faith in the Son of God, our Lord, Christ Jesus. Salvation by the work of Christ alone and no o

Written: December 28th, 2018 Oh, The Great Divide! The division between the body of Christ. There is a great divide within the church today over different doctrines and theology that has caused a great many issues within the Church. These doctrinal disputes have left many flustered and dismayed. It has also caused many to grow deep into pride and self-arrogance. Now by no means am I an expert on this subject but as a post-millennial having grown up in church it is something t

Written: December 17th, 2018 Earlier this morning I was watching a video on some incoming SAS candidates going through different tests.  A video that has circled parts of Facebook to which some of you may have already seen. In this video they were conducting a test on overcoming a simple fear, the fear of the unknown. The candidates were to stand at the edge of this diving platform and face with their backs towards the water. They were then instructed to close their eyes and

Written: April 30th, 2016 Junior year, Me and my older brother went to play for a local private Christian Academy. We were going to be the big Duo! M&M, as we would call it. He would be the starting QB and I would be the Center. We would do the very thing we dreamed off. Two brothers, Center and QB. The first game was upon us, and we won 76-6. The season went on with a very similar pattern. The big duo would lead our small little team of misfits to the state playoffs! During

Written: April 12th, 2014 “You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.” – 1 Corinthians 7:23 Your identity is beyond your gifting, beyond your calling and beyond your role. Your identity is larger. Your identity is that you are a part of the chosen generation, a child of the true living God. You have been bought by the blood of the one and only son of God, Jesus Christ. We allow a lot of things to come and dictate our identity, such as our past, our failures, o

Written: December 27th, 2013 So one thing I’ve been thinking about recently is the topic of unity. What is unity? Or better yet what is true unity? Biblical unity. It’s a topic I’ve really been dwelling on. When I decided to dive into this topic I went to the book of Ephesians, chapter 4. Paul sets the base for this topic pretty firmly. “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of

Written: November 12th, 2013 “You will reap what you sow.” We have all heard this. We all probably have also heard a pastor preach a sermon or two about it. You will reap what you sow. If you sow seeds of bitterness you will reap hatred. If you sow seeds of anger you will reap anger, if you sow seeds of impurity then you will reap impurity. If you sow seeds of drunkenness you will reap drunkenness. Vice Versa, if you sow seeds of joy you will reap joy; if you sow seeds of lov

Written: October 29th, 2013 So I want to pose this question, Are you over reppin’ Jesus? I want you to think about this question. Like really think about it. Are YOU over reppin’ Jesus?? Here let me explain what I mean by over reppin’, in the christian world today we have all these really cool things. I mean have you been to a christian bookstore or somewhere like that? We have so many cool things like CDs, Books, T-Shirts, Hats, Cups and Mugs, Bumper Stickers, Photo Frames a

Written: October 15th, 2013 I’ve been really interested lately on studying how Jesus did pubic ministry (I mean after all Jesus is God in the Flesh). So its kinda been a question on my mind, How would God himself do ministry if he was on the earth? We get to see that in the way Jesus did ministry. Before Jesus started his ministry he had the Holy Spirit come upon him. “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to h