Here's the sharpest way to say it: infant baptism is what God is saying about us. Credobaptism is what we are saying about God. That's a huge difference, and it's the heart of the whole debate. One puts God's action at the center. The other puts our actions at the center.

If your Gospel makes everyone comfortable, you might be preaching something else entirely.

Many churches can tell you exactly how many people were baptized last year. But when was the last time the congregation was fed at the Lord's Table with any regularity? We've been feeding the visitors while the flock goes hungry.

Not everyone on your ministry team needs a seminary degree or a working knowledge of church history. That's not the bar. The bar is simpler than that — and more important: can they affirm, in good conscience, what your church believes? Because a confused staff doesn't quietly stay confused. It leaks out. And it always finds its way to the people in the pew.

The church does not exist to be a conversion machine. It exists to be a community of worshippers, broken, undeserving, unimpressive people who have been captured by the grace of an unshakable Savior.

I had hoped to finish this rewrite of Christ the Lord Is Risen Today a couple of months ago, but life had other plans, so here it is, newly arranged with a fresh chorus, and my prayer is that it’s something the church will truly love to sing. LISTEN HERE! Christ The Lord Is Risen Today Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia! Love's redeeming w

John 3:16 has been reduced to a slogan for what we do instead of a revelation of what God has done. And that reduction quietly guts the verse of its power. What was meant to thunder with good news has been flattened into a bumper-sticker theology: familiar, sentimental, and easily repurposed to support whatever program or pitch comes next. When the Verse Becomes a Sales Pitch For many, John 3:16 has become the launchpad for evangelism strategies, altar calls, decision cards,

When the truth of God’s identity is distorted, the whole reflection of the gospel bends with it. “Jesus-only” baptism doesn’t just tweak a formula; it fractures the very picture of the God who saves. This is why how we baptize matters, because who God is matters.

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"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will never cast out." ~John 6:37 Salvation isn’t random or...

A personal reflection on restoration, hope, and the One who wore the thorns we planted. I Passed By a House… I passed by a house the...

Our problem isn't bad behavior, it's radical corruption. Here's why total depravity matters and why we need the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and renew our will.

So come as you are, not as you “should” be. Come with your doubts, your fatigue, your fear, your unfinished stories, your wrinkled pages. Come with the mess. Because unimpressive people are exactly the kind of people Jesus came for..

Until the day all is made new, we live as prisoners of hope, held not by fear, but by the fierce, faithful love of a God who always keeps His Word.

Tired of Matthew 7:1 being used as a spiritual shield against accountability? Here's what “Do not judge” actually means in context, and why it’s not a pass to do whatever you want.

“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is...

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 The Most Misused Verse in the New...

I realize this post has the potential to upset some people. I know this book has meant a lot to many. But I’d rather be honest, because...

Jesus isn’t your prom date; stop waiting to invite Him into your heart. He’s already flipping tables and taking names. You don’t invite a...

You don’t initiate the relationship; God does. He’s not pacing the floor of Heaven, hoping you’ll finally say yes. Here’s the real story...