My Story — leading me to create space! —23 years growing up, involved in ministry groups, bible college graduate, all within the same denomination. —20 years serving in two non-denominational ministries as youth and assistant pastor. —43 years old, and I resigned asking, “where’s the life?” Throughout those prior years, ministry was my…
What does trust look like? Firstly, any sort of look-alike contest is always going to end the same. Badly. Feelings of failure, missing the mark, ultimately… condemnation. Romans 8:1 There is… no condemnation for those that are in Christ… So the most important aspect of trust is answering this question; is it coming from or for? As a believer,…
Prayer can be tough! “God, I don’t know how to pray anymore.” Those were my words a year or so ago. Saved at 9 years old. I was in third grade and God was stirring in me through a mission conference. Thanks mom for sitting me down and talking me through this. It was a…
I started Life Not Lies as a ministry to write and preach, disciple and counsel people into the Exchanged Life. That is, Christ as Life. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 Life, Not Lies is a ‘FROM not FOR’ mentality. The lie has been that I must live for God. He saved…
A review, The Rest of the Gospel, Chapter One: What you don’t know, hurts a little, indeed. What if, though, within this unknown season you’re being equipped with exactly what you need in life’s next chapter? I’d like to propose a thought; coming from 20 years in church work, I claim to be no expert,…
THE CHRISTIAN’S SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE, by Hannah Whitall Smith. Entire abandonment. Absolute faith. That’s the Christian’s secret to a happy life. There are certain wordings and phrases I choose not use, but given the time period and reading into Hannah Whitall Smith’s biography I can more understand why they might be used. It also…
STUNNED BY GRACE, makes finding grace effortless! A vital book for the shelf of every believer. Reread it often, share and discuss it with others. It has proven to be such a powerful tool alongside my bible. My story… I reached out to a long time friend and pastor/missionary son I’ve known for 15 years….
Want gospel life? Read, THE REST OF THE GOSPEL! This book has proven to be the most solid of resources outside of class (I’m taking a class to receive Exchanged Life Discipleship Certification). I’ve marked up, folded pages, highlighted, and sticky-noted more in this book than any other I’ve read. The premise asked the question…
You want victory. So do I. If we do not it’s likely that we are lying. There is not a person who has breath that doesn’t want freedom from the things they dislike. It could be life circumstances that never seem to change, or it could simply be a subtle habit you really dislike but…
We all know the weakness of resolutions all too well. Resolutions bring anything but abundant life, they bring disappointment from the onset knowing we will likely fail. To help illustrate my point you have to know about The Line (given in The Rest of The Gospel) ETERNAL (unseen) _________________________________________________________ TEMPORAL (seen) A ‘resolution’ is found in…
