Posts from March 2025

Overwhelming Joy & Spiritual Danger

The last six weeks have been a challenge. Many of you asked me if I was okay after Sunday. Many of you have never seen me cry the way I did at the beginning of the sermon, and others saw tears combined with me checking my phone and thought something was wrong.  I greatly appreciate the…

Sin Follows Trials

I’m not sure that I have given much thought to how temptation to sin follows trials.  But James sure did.  After thinking about James 1:12-18 for the past week, the Lord allowed me to see several moments where this was true in my past.   Here are a few examples: In most of these moments, I failed miserably.  Looking…

Child of God First—Everything Else Second

I was asked a couple questions after Sunday’s sermon, so I’ll use this post to address those.   “The Proverbs of the New Testament” If you’ve ever read Proverbs, I’m sure you’ve noticed the different topics addressed.  Those topics seem to come up randomly, and it feels like the author switches between them at will.  That’s what…