Gladiator has to be one of the best all-time ‘guy’ movies.  I love it, not only for the awesome fight scenes, but it’s also full of little nuggets of truth; and all truth is God’s truth.  When Russel Crowe enters the coliseum with all the other gladiators, in his knowledge and experience of battle, he takes charge and says to the rest of them: “We have a better chance of survival if we work together.  Do you understand?  If we stay together, we survive.”  When the enemy comes out looking to destroy them, a few decide to go off on their own and are immediately cut down.  They obviously didn’t understand.  But those who stick together win the battle and emerge victorious.

The same is true in life. That’s one of the reasons God created the church.  Commitment to a local church is one of the greatest things you could ever do for your spiritual life.  And when I say ‘commitment’ I don’t mean just Sunday morning attendance.  But you have to get into a circle, a small group of some sort.  I’ve known too many people who have sat in a pew their entire lives but are no closer to God than the day they walked in.  Rows are good, circles are better! Continue reading →

Have you ever wanted to quit anything?  I have, many times.  God (and my wife) knows I’ve wanted to, but over my seventeen years of following Christ the “q” word gets harder and harder to say.  And here’s why: somebody else will always quit.  There will ALWAYS be people who quit at their job, their marriage, their family, their God.  But if everyone quits then where does that leave us?  Continue reading →

When Jesus called his first disciples to follow him, they dropped everything and followed.  It was a radical decision, but vitally important if they were going to follow the One who gives life.  What about you?  If Jesus showed up at your door today and called you to follow him, would you leave everything?    

Christianity is much more than just head-knowledge, knowing and believing the right things.  Following Christ not only includes our head, but also our hands and our heart. If your faith in Christ doesn’t include your hands and your heart then it’s not Christianity. Jesus calls us to a life of commitment and change. He is our priority.   

Am I truly willing to have my life transformed by God?  Will I allow God to be God, or do I form and shape God into what I want Him to be?

Imagine James or John telling Jesus, “Sure Lord, we’ll follow you.  But Continue reading →

If you’ve ever been rescued you know there’s no other feeling in the world quite like it.  The exuberance, the gratitude, the enormous feeling of relief can be overwhelming.  But in order to be rescued you have to be in need of rescuing.

The problem is many of us are in need of rescuing.

Some of us are lost and don’t even know it.  Or we know it but believe the lie that dealing with it will hurt more than ignoring it.  We’ve become master illusionists.  We’ve learned how to patch duct tape on the holes in our lives in order to stay afloat.  But our lives are nothing more than facades in which we hide behind our true selves, our brokenness, our pain and heartache.
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Day after day we look for ways to pull it all together when actually we need to give up.  Please, give up, quit the charades and let God rescue you!  Throw the duct tape away and let His truth set you free.