REGATHER & RESTART – A Journey Through the Book of Ezra 01 – The Three Realms
https://vimeo.com/360163694 This new series answers some painful questions, some confusing questions, and some difficult questions about life and God. We are going to work our way through a book of the Bible verse by verse. This is called expository study, or...
Summertime Scripture Stories 14 — The Story of the Story of the Bible
https://vimeo.com/358832408 This post is wrapping up the sermon series called Simply Said Soulful, Satisfying Scripture Stories. My last post for this series is: The Story of the Story of the Bible Look, every day you're confronted with choices, You have to...
G.R.I.T. 10 — Future Grace
https://vimeo.com/183242176 This quality called GRIT wears a thousand faces. It’s the toughness of a fighter in the UFC. It’s the warmth of a parent feeding a newborn in the cold, dark night. The rapture of an accomplished musician. The satisfaction of a hard...
G.R.I.T. 09 — Transcendent Purpose
https://vimeo.com/182336134 September 11 The TV in the living room showed live footage of smoke rising from a New York Skyscraper. Those pictures are etched in my mind. At the time, I didn’t realize how profound that moment was. Nobody realized how it would...
G.R.I.T. 08 — GRIT Reset
https://vimeo.com/180529192 The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the Ottoman Empire was still in existence. The Wright Brothers were still flying airplanes. The President of the United States was named William Howard Taft. The number of states...
G.R.I.T. 07 — Reality Check Part 2
https://vimeo.com/179689599 We are going to continue our series through the story of Elijah today, but I want to start with three other Scriptures. This will help frame our thoughts for today. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway...
G.R.I.T. 06 — Reality Check
https://vimeo.com/178843115 New York City’s Grand Central Station stands as an incredible achievement of architecture and art. If you were to stand inside the station, and look upward, you would see a barrel-vaulted ceiling 125 feet high and 275 feet long. The...
G.R.I.T. 05 — Reluctant Hero
https://vimeo.com/177954589 You might have heard me talk about how I was a reluctant pastor. I grew up in a little church. I took my first step of faith very young, and I received Jesus and became God’s child. And let me say that if you’re investigating Jesus...
G.R.I.T. 04 — Hope
https://vimeo.com/173688170 Creation Scientists can only estimate how many stars there are in the universe. They can’t be certain. The reason they can’t be certain of the number is because they can’t be certain of the size. The observable universe stretches...
G.R.I.T. 03 — G.R.I.T. is Contagious
https://vimeo.com/171338498 Nobody steps foot onto the campus of West Point as a student without earning it. Getting into West Point is one of the toughest challenges a young person will ever face. Out of 14,000 applicants, only 1,200 actually get in. Almost...