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I have an attitude indicator. It might be the most important instrument in the airplane, especially if it’s foggy outside. It tells me if the attitude of the airplane is right, which might be more important than you think.

When I was nine years old, early in baseball season I heard about an all star game that would be played at the end of the season.

Who or what you worship determines who or what you are.

I was a 20 year old college student driving down an interstate highway. I didn’t have any money, but had an old AMC Matador (AMC is no longer around).

"How do I know what God wants me to do?"

Most Christians I know struggle with how to share their faith. But DON’T stop reading this!

It’s the big scare of 2020. By that, I don’t mean that the virus named for the crown that can be seen on it through a microscope, is not a dangerous threat.

This is one of the most damaging misunderstandings of our day. You don’t have to let your feelings dominate your life. You can manage your emotions.

I’ve heard it many times, “I feel like I’m in the middle of it. I love them both and it kills me to see them fighting.” Kids say that about parents. Women say it about sisters. Guys say it about friends. You probably have people in your life that have it in for each other and you care about both. Or maybe you are one of those who has animosity towards someone and you are dragging others into the grudge. Relational squabbles mattered enough to the Apostle Paul that he called a

It looked like a certainty. Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints were going back to the Super Bowl. But there was no call. Had there been an interference call, New Orleans would have had the ball on the 5 yard line with a new set of downs to run out the clock before kicking the field goal. This was clearly unfair. The Saints should have been in the Super Bowl. UNFAIR!So now what do you do if you are Sean Payton, Drew Brees, Tommylee Lewis, or our Momentum speaker, John McCan

Have you ever flashed your lights to warn oncoming traffic of a speed trap? I asked someone that question and he said, “I would never do that. I don’t think it’s ethical and possibly illegal.”“Have you ever appreciated it when someone did it for you, and you avoided a ticket?” He sheepishly admitted that he had.Recently a federal judge ruled, state and local laws that penalize a driver for flashing their lights to warn a driver of a speed trap, violate the first amendment rig

I’m not one to comment often on what is in the news. We try to give you all an escape from the week’s headlines. And some of the justice issues that many pastors become consumed with do not have clear-cut solutions. We think we should always be about solutions, and the Gospel is always the solution. So we focus on that. But once-in-a-while, there is something in the news that is so egregious and noteworthy, that we have to speak. None of us should be surprised by the New York

Wow! So many things these last two days. Our excursion in Israel shifted to Jerusalem on Friday. We started the morning in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed the night before his betrayal, and where his friends fled from him in fear of his captors. We saw olive trees in this garden that are so old that they would have been there when Jesus prayed. It was a sobering experience. From Gethsemane, we made our way to the Garden Tomb. There are two places that are thought

These last two days in Israel were filled with a wide variety of sites and experiences. We started day 5 (Wednesday) by loading our bus and heading to Beit She-an, a major Biblical city that most are unfamiliar with. It’s often called the Pompeii of the Middle East because of the spectacularly preserved Roman ruins at the base of the ancient city mount. Not only was the old city an important place in the Old Testament, it became an important Roman city in Jesus’ day and many

Today was all about Jesus, experiencing his world and his ministry. We could not have asked for better weather. It was in the 70s and sunny. We began this morning visiting the Mount of Beatitudes, the traditional spot where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Because of clues in the text, and it being a logical place for a crowd to gather, the side of this mountain between Capernaum and Magdala is likely the place where he delivered the sermon The Bridge is in the middle

Today’s sites included a couple of very old Old Testament spots and a couple of places that hosted significant events in Jesus’ life and ministry. We started off with a beautiful sunny and much warmer morning, heading to northern Galilee. Our first stop was the ancient city of Hazor, one of the cities conquered by Joshua, and then under Israel rule for the next thousand years. Hazor had been home to ancient civilizations for over a thousand years before Joshua, and the layers

For over a year we’ve been planning it and 45 of us are now in Israel.With umbrellas in hand and ponchos draping our bodies, our journey began with amazing sights. Israel is in the middle of a drought and so the rain we brought with us is a blessing to these people. But we are also thankful that the forecast promises warmer and dryer weather for the rest of our week. Yesterday started with beautiful Caesarea, the Roman seat of government on the Mediterranean Sea. Here, Peter

17 dead, mostly high school kids. Horrible. Tragic. Terrible. Evil.There’s a lot of really bad stuff in the world. Right now it seems to be concentrated in Parkland, Florida. But not really. We had the heroic Chicago police commander who was gunned down Tuesday. So far this year, there have been 60 murders in Chicago, alone. Again, that’s just this year and it’s only mid-February. In reality, horrible things are happening every day around the world. The earth is filled with t

You read about people in the Bible praying for long periods of time and you wish you could do that, but how? Stories of prayer warriors like “Praying John Hyde" and George Muller intrigue you, but you think that kind of praying is only for the super spiritual.How does anyone ever pray for more than ten minutes at a time? I hear Christians commonly saying, “I run out of things to pray about and my mind wanders after more than ten minutes.” And for some, even ten minutes is a s

I was 17 the first time I preached. The youth group I attended had a special night for young guys who thought they might go into the ministry to preach to the youth group. There were three or four of us scheduled to speak that night and we were given 10 minutes each. I still remember the message that I gave and I hate to admit it, but it was heresy! But when I was about half-way into the message, one of our youth leaders, who happened to also be my speech teacher, leaned over