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Flies part 1

05/05/2016 12:16

The other day I told Logan the age-old adage, "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar." And he looked at me like I was a lunatic and asked, "Why in the world would you want to CATCH flies???" Out of the mouth of babes, right? But the adage IS true. And I think that's where the "church world"...

Eye Witness part 5

05/04/2016 13:43

An experience beats an argument every times. You can try to convince someone of something, but unless you've truly been convinced of it yourself it is going to come off as fake and disingenious. "Why would I believe that when YOU don't even believe it?" And that's why we we speak of preaching the...

Eye Witness part 4

05/03/2016 14:07

It's hard to convince someone of something that you yourself aren't convinced of. That's why just regurgitating what you've been taught can come off a little flat. It may be true, but it won't necessarily grip anybody. It may be the Word, but it might not be the LIVING Word. Hebrews 4:2 says it...

Eye Witness part 3

05/02/2016 12:10

I really think we miss out on a lot when we try to use Scripture to prove something to somebody. I think every time--EVERY TIME--we try to shove the Bible down somebody's throat... they choke on it. And I don't think that's what we're called to do. I think we're called to be witnesses. And you only...

Eye Witness part 2

05/01/2016 14:23

It's almost like we take the human element out of it sometimes. Like we make the book more important than the author. And, again, I have nothing against the Bible. I love the Bible. I literally read it every day. But what good is the book if you don't KNOW the author? And I'm not talking about...

Eye Witness part 1

04/30/2016 14:00

I don't know why it is, but it seems like the whole church world has kind of gotten things backwards. Instead of resting in a finished work, we always seem to be trying to finish the work. I hear things like, "P.U.S.H. Pray until something happens." And I'm like, is that what prayer is really all...

Inside Out part 5

04/29/2016 11:39

You can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. Which is simply another way of saying: What you believe is inside, comes out naturally. If all you believe you have is bitterness, and hurt, and anger... then you're going to be a bitter, hurt, angry person. That's why...

Inside Out part 4

04/28/2016 16:27

The reason we seem to get so frustrated so often is that we're "trying to change." We think behavior modification is the way to go from "bad" to "good." But there's a fatal flaw to this plan: Jesus didn't come to make "bad" people "good." He came to make dead people alive. Because all a dead man...

Inside Out part 3

04/27/2016 11:16

Real change comes from the inside out. It has to. Because the issues of life flow out of the heart. And the only real change that needs to take place, took place 2,000 years ago when Jesus gave us the circumcision made without hands; the circumcision of the heart. When the flesh--of human...

Inside Out part 2

04/26/2016 11:23

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Everything real comes from deep within. That's why Proverbs 4:23 tells us to, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." It's all about love, which means it's all about the heart. God's heart beating with love in our chests!...

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