Just because you’re doing a lot doesn’t mean you’re accomplishing anything. [Tweet “Just because you’re doing a lot doesn’t mean you’re accomplishing anything. “] There is a difference between attempting lots of things and accomplishing anything, right? In Exodus 18, Moses was hearing all the people…
I have a confession to make right here on the blog. I’m addicted to pornography. Not the pornography you might be thinking of, but quite honestly as a pastor it might be a worse kind. I’m addicted to ministry pornography. I’m in recovery for sure, but there is still a pull in my heart to get sucked…
If you are a church ministry leader or a small group leader looking for some new content or resources as we are into the Fall small group ministry season, or maybe something for the start of 2017, I encourage you to check out my book and group study guides entitled “ Because Your’e Called: Three wor…
I LOVE the Broncos but I cheer for the Raiders. You won’t hear a true Bronco fan ever say that, right? Why? Because Bronco fans don’t cheer for the Raiders and that illustration helped us this last weekend at Element Church as we talked about what it truly means to follow Jesus. No, I didn’t teach t…
If I was preaching I would say, “Everyone say ‘I’m surrounded!’” Did you know that you’re surrounded? It sounds like a bad thing right? Some of us would agree by saying, “I know I’m surrounded. I’m surrounded by trouble. I’m surrounded by pain. I’m surrounded by fear. I’m surrounded by doubt. I’m su…
Just one “t” in that word by the way and that one word, “but,” was a BIG word in our sermon on Sunday at Element Church . We concluded our sermon series called “Labels”, based out of 1 Peter 2:9-11 . We’ve been talking about how when we clearly know who we are and whose we are, we can live in the fr…
God would not command us to “not be afraid” if it was not also paired with a promise. [Tweet “God would not command us to “not be afraid” if it wasn’t also paired with a promise.”] More than 300 times in the Bible, God commands His people to “not be afraid,” “do not fear” or “fear not.” By mere math…
That was a lens I used on Sunday at Element Church to talk about a specific issue as we continued our sermon series called “Labels: Living in our true identity”. In this series we are talking about WHO we are in Christ because we believe in Him. The whole series is built around one passage in the Bi…
If you are a church ministry leader or a small group leader looking for some new content or resources as we head into the Fall small group ministry season, I encourage you to check out my book and group study guides entitled “ Because Your’e Called: Three words that will change your life. ” Everyone…
On Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Labels: Living in our true identity”. We’re looking at four different labels found in 1 Peter 2:9-11 . This last week we talked about the fact that, as children of God, we are Royal Priests. But what in the world does that mean, righ…
That and many other labels are where so many of us are stuck in our lives. Sunday at Element Church we started a new sermon series called “Labels: Living in our true identity.” In this series we’re going to break free from the labels people give us or the labels we give ourselves and live inside the…
A few weeks ago I was once again marveling at the commitment and caliber of our volunteers here at Element Church . I continue to say and believe that we have the best volunteers on the planet here at Element. This particular Sunday there was a volunteer family who was here from before first service…
