In this episode I'll discuss how engaging in service to others strengthens your relationship with God, in addition to other benefits to others and yourself.

In this episode I'll discuss how a healthy church can help us focus on God.  It can help us face life’s problems.  It can help build our faith, develop our gifts, and show us opportunities for service.  It can help us fulfill God’s great commission.  Spending time learning from, strengthening, and being strengthened by other Christians and spending time in corporate worship with them will help us grow in our faith.  All of these things together strengthen your relationship with God.

How much time do you invest in reading, learning from, and meditating on the Bible?  Are you actively trying to learn about, and from, God?  Do you expect to have a deep relationship with someone you know little about?  Has that ever worked in your earthly relationships?  Can you imagine wanting to fall deeply in love and happily married, but never trying to learn anything about the other person? In this episode I discuss how we should learn about God through study and meditation on the Bible, then apply that knowledge in our daily lives and let it change our hearts.

How much time do you spend talking with God?  How would your relationship with your spouse be if you couldn’t talk with them more than you talked with God?  How would your relationships with your kids be if when you talked to them, you always robotically said the same things you said every day to them out of habit?  How would your friends react if you only talked with them out of a sense of obligation, and they knew it? This episode dives into these kinds of questions and how an intentional prayer life impacts our relationship with God.

Like a lot of things in our lives, relationships require a time investment. Our relationship with God isn’t any different. I think there are 5 fundamental areas where we should be investing time in order to grow and strengthen our relationship with God.  This is an introduction into what will be a 5-part series, 6 if you include this intro.  The 5 main parts will be: Part 1: Investing time in quality prayer Part 2: Investing time in the Bible Part 3: Investing time in His church Part 4: Investing time in service to others Part 5: Living with joy and gratitude

In this episode I talk about how our capacity for grace and mercy, and our understanding of God's grace and mercy toward us, impacts our love for each other.

Have you ever wondered if you have a job to do as a member of God's church? Every wondered if God has given you a task to complete? The answer is...yes! That's what this episode is all about.

Analysis of Luke 15 and how it relates to God's pursuit of us.

This is a 2 part musing covering the question: I’m still a sinner, am I still saved? Part 1:  It’s all grace.  It’s grace that gets you in.  It’s grace that keeps you in. Part 2:  He loves you just as you are.  He loves you too much to leave you that way.

This is a 2 part musing covering the question: I’m still a sinner, am I still saved? Part 1:  It’s all grace.  It’s grace that gets you in.  It’s grace that keeps you in. Part 2:  He loves you just as you are.  He loves you too much to leave you that way.