As a young adult pastor in a city ranked as one of the top ten “Best Cities for Hippies”, I get the pleasure of discussing what Jesus thinks about marijuana pretty often. The majority of people who smoke weed are guys in their twenties, so these are the people that I pastor. The reality though, is that this is an…
“God’s love does not waver depending on our behavior or actions- He constantly loves us..” Have you ever felt unwanted? Unloved? So covered in sin that you thought ‘nobody loves me, God doesn’t even want me.’ The honest truth is- we’ve all been there, we’ve all felt that. We have all felt filthy, dirty and knee deep in our lies and…
“The truth is, our world breeds a culture of idolatry. We are steeped in it, and most of us fall prey to it without even realizing it.” Idolatry is something most of us probably don’t think about on a daily basis. It’s something that’s easy to view as irrelevant in our era, a remnant of days long past, when worshipping…
Every Tuesday night, about 75 young adults in their 20’s and 30’s gather together in one little building. This is a recipe for major disaster. Young adults, like everyone else, are sinners. Not only are we sinners, but our generation specifically is known for being overzealous, indecisive, impatient, frustrated, and short-sighted. So when you gather a big group of us…
“Why? Why is this happening?” I feel like this is a question that has been asked by every single person that has ever been a person. On Tuesday night we asked it again as we heard stories of Christian persecution in Jerusalem in Jesus’ day and in Iraq today. Persecution feels so far from us, worlds away. But we are…
When I first became a Christian, I stared at the Bible and wondered, “Where do I start?” Time and time again, I was told read the book of John. The Gospel of John is the account of Jesus written by John, who called himself the disciple who Jesus loved. John knew where he stood with Jesus and he wanted to…
Last night at The Well, we studied Acts chapter 10. As Holland was speaking, it came to my attention how I perceived certain people, situations and things in my life as “unclean.” Just like Peter viewed the Gentiles in Acts 10, I have viewed my friends, family and even enemies at times: that they are unworthy or because they lead a different…
In just four chapters, the book of Ruth has walked us through what it looks like to be a man or woman of God, how friendships should look, what it looks like to pursue a spouse and lastly, what marriage should look like. Now, let’s be boring real quick and look at some stats. Looking at first marriages, 45-50% end…
As I sit here writing this message, I am in such awe that in just 3 short days I will stand at an altar before my friends and family and say “I do” to the most amazing man I’ve ever known who’s love I absolutely do not deserve. It’s no ordinary love, and it’s far from perfect, but it’s a…