The world is broken. We see division everywhere—in families, friendships, communities, and nations. We feel it in our own hearts when guilt and shame separate us from God. How can all these factions be brought all back together? The answer is Jesus. Colossians 1:20 says that Jesus will “reconcile to himself all things, whether on…

How much of God do you think lives in Jesus—50%? 75%? 99%? Well, the answer is found in Colossians 1:19, “For in [Jesus] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.” That’s 100%. Not some of God. Not most of God. Not the best parts of God. All His fullness. Think about what this…

Who is the head of your church? Is it your pastor? Is it your elder body or maybe your deacon body? Is your congregation as a whole? Is it that matriarch or patriarch who seems to hold all sway? There might be several answers a church would give if they were being truthful, but there’s…

My family recently enjoyed a trip to Chattanooga. As I was standing down in the valley looking up at Lookout Mountain, I couldn’t help but marvel at how old that mountain must be. It’s ancient. But as we turn to Colossians 1:17, we read something staggering about Jesus Christ. It says there, “And he is…

Have you considered how significant Jesus’ vocation was? Before becoming a rabbi, He worked as a what? A carpenter. How fitting a profession because long before He was a carpenter in Nazareth, He was the builder of the entire universe. Now, that’s a massive claim, but that’s exactly what the Holy Spirit tells us through…

When it comes to God, we have a problem: He is invisible. We can’t see Him, touch Him, observe Him directly. And what we can’t see, we struggle to truly know, don’t we? We’re left with questions—Is there really a God? If so, what is He actually like? Can I trust Him? Does He care?…

Just the other night, I looked down at my phone, and the battery indicator said 1%. Of course, I needed to do something important on it. And so I made a mad dash for the living room charging spot, but as happens around my house with a wife and 5 kids, the charger was gone.…

In Apostle John’s Gospel, chapter 1, he pulls back the curtain on Christmas morning to reveal what really happened in Bethlehem. That baby wasn’t just born—He existed before time began. “In the beginning was the Word.” The One who spoke galaxies into existence took His first breath in a stable. The Creator became creation. Life…

When it came to Christmas, Love didn’t send a card. Love didn’t dispatch an ambassador. Love came in person. Caesar Augustus thought he was ordering a census. He didn’t realize he was positioning players for the greatest arrival in history. While an empire flexed its muscles, heaven held its breath. Then, in an unremarkable town,…

The Advent season continues, that ancient tradition of preparing our hearts to celebrate Christ’s birth. We now move into the fourth and final week, whose theme is love, and that will be our focus through Christmas at “Change Begins in You.” Before the stable, before the star, before the angels’ song—God loved you. “I have…