Escape from Exceptionalism

Does God love me? Have you ever asked yourself that question? I have. Some will find that odd because I have been speaking and serving in churches since I was seventeen. You would think that someone who has spent so much time in ministry would not struggle with believing God loves Him. But I have. …

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Known and Loved

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ~ Romans 5:8 When He died ...I did not exist ...except in His mind. I was just another unborn sinner with a lifetime of future offenses ...but I was known ...He knew this lost and broken …

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My Father (a consuming fire)

The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. Exodus 24:17 ...when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. Luke …

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Who is cheering for you?

Romans 7:24-25 "O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Can you think of something that you were never any good at -- -but wanted to be? You tried your best. You took lessons. You read books. You practiced. But it …

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