Tag Archives: Hearing God
Coram Deo: Live Life Before the Face of God
How foolish are we to hide from God? If you’re like me, you have times in your life when you try to get away from God in hopes that he won’t find you, convict you, or even change you. I’m under the firm belief that if we would just be people who are completely transparent with Continue Reading »
I want to desire God, but how?
Grasping for a relationship with God isn’t always easy. If we are honest, it can sometimes even seem impossible. Yet, in the Bible we are commanded to seek after God with all our heart, mind, and soul (Deuteronomy 4:29). But how are we to pursue a God that we can’t hear, see, or physically feel? Here Continue Reading »
A Great First Step to Sharing your Faith is to Shut Up
The command for us to share our faith literally in black and white in the Bible. But I gotta tell you, just getting a conversation started with someone about Christ gives me Godzilla-sized butterflies in my stomach. I get so nervous (and I’m a pastor). I have come to realize something – one of the Continue Reading »
The “If Only” Game We Play with God: A Lesson for Dealing with Divine Disappointment
Anger is the aircraft carrier in the fleet of our emotions. Not only because of its massive size, but also its ability to do harm because from it proceeds a multitude of other feelings—grief, sadness, hatred, loss, horror, and doubt. Anger in itself is not necessarily wrong. It is an emotion God has given us, Continue Reading »
My Socks & the Sovereignty of God
It was bone-chilling cold outside, as most nights are in Chicago. I had just gotten off from waiting tables at a restaurant on Chicago’s famous Magnificent Mile and was making the trek back to my apartment. I was disappointed that my tips were nothing more than a measly nineteen dollars. I just wanted to get Continue Reading »
