November 9, 2011 in
Spiritual Growth with
Every day I run into people that seem paralyzed by fear. Some of you are afraid…. Your marriage will never be what you long for it to be. You’ll never get married. You’ll never have children. You’ll just have one dead end job after another. You’ll never get out of debt. You’ll never really be [...]
January 17, 2011 in
Spiritual Growth with
If there is anything that can drive kids into a peak of frustration it’s hearing their parents say the dreaded words, “Wait and see.” “Dad can we play video games later?” “We’ll wait and see.” “Dad is it going to snow?” “There’s a chance, we’ll have to wait and see.” “Dad can we go sledding?” [...]
December 3, 2009 in
God with
One of the highlights of over a decade and a half of ministry has been receiving emails just like this one over the past two weeks from people who stepped out in faith during Faith, Hope and Love. I introduced you to Christina last week. Today, I want you to meet Josh. His faith and [...]
November 19, 2009 in
Cross Point Church,God with
Few things are as thrilling as having a front row seat to watch people take steps of faith and trust God in new ways. Here’s just one of many incredible stories from Faith, Hope and Love. Meet Christina. She’s a graduate student who just took one HUGE step of faith. Pete, I wanted to write [...]
November 17, 2009 in
Family,God,Parenting with
As a father I feel as if I have the responsibility to teach my boys a lot of different things. Here’s just a few I’ve been thinking of… How to ride a bike. How to shave. How to tie a tie. How to dribble a ball. How to love people you don’t like. How to [...]
November 4, 2009 in
Cross Point Church,God with
We’re in a series entitled Faith, Hope & Love at Cross Point where we’ve been looking at how God uses our faith to increase our intimacy and trust with Him. As usual I’ve found myself in the middle of struggling with the very topic I’m in the midst of teaching about. I’ve got a situation [...]
July 9, 2008 in
God,Religion with
Time Magazine, along with many other media outlets, is promoting the heck out of this guy named David Jeselsohn, a Swiss-Israeli collector, who bought this ancient tablet from a Jordanian antiquities dealer. The article states… The tablet appears to date authentically to the years just before the birth of Jesus and yet — at least [...]
April 7, 2008 in
God with
I’ll be the first to say I stink at prayer. I know, I know… you’re going to say “how can you stink at prayer, you’re a pastor?” I understand. I know it seems weird. I’m not saying I don’t pray, or I don’t enjoy prayer. I’m not saying I don’t understand it or I need [...]
