The weekend worship service is all and only about glorifying God, through finding our utmost joy in God, growing in our understanding of him, and learning the desires of his heart.  One of the primary means of loving God is by letting his Word, namely the gospel,...

The weekend worship service is all and only about glorifying God, through finding our utmost joy in God, growing in our understanding of him, and learning the desires of his heart.  One of the primary means of loving God is by letting his Word, namely the gospel,...

The weekend worship service is all and only about glorifying God, through finding our utmost joy in God, growing in our understanding of him, and learning the desires of his heart.  One of the primary means of loving God is by letting his Word, namely the gospel,...

I'm not a hunter by any means (if you know me, you might have laughed at the title).  It's a hobby that requires a lot of money and time which are two things that I don't have in excess right now.  I've only gone deer hunting once, but I've shot blue rock or clay...

Some (if not most) of you are thinking, "Lit-what?"  Liturgy (lit·ur·gy) simply means "a form of public worship."  In other words, a church's liturgy is just the order of elements that shapes a church's worship service. The purpose of a church's liturgy has been...

Hopefully the title of this post caught your eye and you thought to yourself, "Impossible!"  If so, you are correct. Worship is the reason that we exist -to actively take pleasure in God.  Why?  Because God created us to worship, God commands us to worship, and God...

So for those of you wondering which Kickstarter Reward Package I like best, you might be wrong.  It's not the $2,500 reward package (although I wouldn't be upset if you chose that one).  My favorite is the $75+ package.  Heres what it entails: 1. My Soul to Save EP in...

"My Soul to Save" is a short three-song album that aims to highlight and "kickstart" what I have to offer you guys with my first full-length album that I hope to record this summer, "Love Has Come".  Here's a quick break-down of each song: Track 1 "Righteous Deeds"...

Hello friends and family!  You guys have been such an encouragement on my musical/life journey, and I want to do my best to keep you in the loop with some big things that could potentially happen with your help. I am attempting to raise the needed funds to record my...

Here's just a peak into my life as of late. I've been SO busy lately (yup, a capital S-O).  I'm an American and we idolize business, right?  It's true, I do in fact find myself in the trap of idolizing business, but in this particular season of my life I feel like I...

ad·vent - The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. As we enter the Advent season, the church is in an interestingly beautiful place in history.  We look back and remember Christ's first coming.  The promised Messiah was delivered to us as a baby. In a...

One of the most daunting and under-explained commands that the church gives to people is telling them to live a Christ-centered life.  It's advice that applies universally, right?  I remember when Lauren and I first were married.  We received a lot of advice that went...

The call to suffer in Christianity is a most definite reality, but a misunderstood reality at that.  Perhaps a question that gets assumed in the church today is “if Christ died in my place, why would I have to die for others.”  You see, the Bible does teach that Jesus...

Just as hymns can be helpful in the church because they have stood the test of time, so can prayers by those who have gone before us.  I stumbled across this one, "Jesus My Glory," that came from a book I have on Puritan prayers and devotions called "The Valley of...

The title of this post may reveal a pompous attitude, which may be partially true, but my hope isn’t to boast in us but rather our inheritance that has been given in Christ. As I am reading 1 Peter 1 this morning, I am struck by the joy of Christianity.  We have a God...

In the biblical account of creation, God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh (Gen. 2:2).  In creating man, God made us in his image (Gen. 1:27).  Throughout the Scriptures we find a concept of working hard for a period of time, gathering the resources...

[Christ] is, at one and the same time, the ultimate means of relating to God and is himself the object of homage or worship (David Peterson, Engaging With God). Jesus is both the means of our worship and the object of our worship.  That’s right, he is at one and the...

If you have hung around me much, you probably know that I like the word "gospel."  The word "gospel" is packed.  I believe it is supremely important.  In fact, I would dare to say that the church globally is off base if it is not centered on the gospel.  On the flip...

The following quote comes from Jerry Bridges book, "The Pursuit of Holiness." We often say, ‘God hates the sin but loves the sinner’. This is blessedly true, but too often we quickly rush over the first half of this statement to get to the second. We cannot escape the...