This last Sunday at Element Church we had what we are believing to be an annual event called “Compassion Sunday.” Along with highlighting all the compassion based ministries, organizations and events that we partner with here at Element, we also challenged our church families to sponsor a child thro…
Sometimes God brings you to a place of trouble in order to reveal Himself as a God of Triumph! [Tweet “Sometimes God brings you to a place of trouble in order to reveal Himself as a God of Triumph! “] What trouble are you facing in life? If the answer is “none” then what trouble HAVE you faced in li…
No, I’m not talking about your odds of winning the lottery, but your odds in life? On Sunday, we finished our sermon series called “Mythbusters” here at Element Church . Our final myth was “God will never give you more than you can handle.” We said, “If we never faced more than we can handle we woul…
“Shut up” was one of those phrases growing up that we were NOT allowed to say, but how many times have I said that to God? In this message from this past Sunday at Element Church, we talked about the myth that we should “Let our conscience be our God.” We said, “The Word of God, not the way I feel,…
This past Sunday at Element Church we talked about the myth that “Christians shouldn’t judge.” We are in a series called “Mythbusters” and we are looking at 6 common statements many people believe that just aren’t true. In this message, I preached from Matthew 7:1-6 and we said that “Not only can we…
I’m so thankful I have never had to say that! If Pastor Derek (our current Executive Pastor) or Pastor Kody (our previous Executive Pastor) see this I hope I at least got them to open the blog! In the 8 1/2 years that Element Church has existed we have had an Executive Pastor for 7 of those years. P…
Prayer won’t always free us from the things that cause our fear but they can free us from our fear of those things! Typically when we pray, especially when we pray about things that are causing us fear, we pray for God to remove those things. We ask God to rescue us, heal us, protect us and change o…
Recently, I had the privilege of speaking outside of my normal place here at Element Church at a great church in another state. I preached a series of messages during a spiritual emphasis week this church was having and had a great time serving to and serving with the people there. On one of the nig…
I’m not actually in jail right now. I’m not sure if I would have internet access to write a blog if I were in jail, but that’s a whole other issue. “I’m in jail” is what many people would have to say when talking about the un-forgiveness they hold in their hearts. Un-forgiveness is a prison cell tha…
I just wanted to encourage fellow pastors out there today. For many pastors and churches you are now one week removed from the largest attendance in the history of your church, or at the very least, for the year. Easter is the Super Bowl of church services. In most churches, every chair (or pew) is…
Good guys don’t always make great leaders but great leaders are always good guys! [Tweet “Good guys don’t always make great leaders but great leaders are always good guys! “] You can read that again if you need to…because it’s true. I have seen it happen too many times in the church or in the secula…
Absolutely NOTHING, but I did show a clip from the original Dumb and Dumber movie on Sunday solely as a distraction to get inside this giant hamster ball backstage in order to use as an illustration. On Sunday, we finished up our sermon series called “True Love” by asking the question “What is the g…
