James 1:19-21, 26-27 Many of us over the holidays had the blessing of spending extra time with friends and family. It is always very fun and relaxing when I’m around my close family and friends, however in my relaxation I find I let the “bridle” of my tongue also be dangerously relaxed. It got me thinking about all the times we allow familiarity to dictate how we use our words. ...

We have spent, and continue to spend more, time woking to create the greatest benevolence tool The Church has ever seen.  We, as a team at One Need, have learned a lot and still have much to learn.  Here are a few things we have come to believe has we have been hammering this thing out. 1.) Christians, are not called to fix everything.  Many times we see Chirstians focus on "fixing ...

There are certain things in life that I feel pretty safe to assume. When someone tells me they have a phone, I assume it is one of those "smart ones". When I go online I feel safe to assume that the network we call the internet is a "world wide web". I feel like both could go without saying. You have a phone and you search the web...no smart or world-wide clarification needed. In the ...

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Sometimes, really good stuff can have some really dangerous consequences. As a pastor, one of the things I’m always trying to do is get people more fully engaged with the ministries of the local church; attending worship regularly, finding small groups where they can encounter true community and accountability, studying the Bible together more fervently, and dev ...

The same apostle who said, “Let us not love in word or tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18), also recorded Jesus saying, “These things I speak . . . that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves” (John 17:13), and, “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life” (John 6:63). If the “speaking” of Jesus imparts joy, and the “words” of Jesus give spiritual lif ...