Jesus Came for the Rejected

Jesus Came for the Rejected

According to Town & Country magazine, “Clive Christian’s No. 1 Imperial Majesty, which was named the World’s Most Expensive Perfume by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2006, was priced at $2,355 per ounce—a splurge that included delivery in a Bentley. A...
The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

The exact number vary, but experts agree that somewhere from 70 to 90 percent of all communication is nonverbal, things like facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, and posture. It seems that how we say something is a lot more impactful than what we say. When it...
The Heart of the Matter

The True Joy of Christmas

Matthew chapter 2 tells us of the arrival of the wise men to worship the young toddler Jesus. We read in verse 10 that they “rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.” Or in other translations, they “rejoiced with exceedingly great joy,” were “overjoyed beyond measure,”...
How Nehemiah Helps Point Us to God

How Nehemiah Helps Point Us to God

A quick google search on “Nehemiah leadership” turns up such gems as Ten Leadership Lessons from Nehemiah, The Four Cs of Nehemiah’s Leadership, 6 Leadership Qualities of Nehemiah, and 15 Biblical Leadership Principles from Nehemiah. Undoubtedly, one could glean...
How Nehemiah Helps Point Us to God

Remember the Lord Who is Great and Awesome

Anna Karenina opens with the famous line: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Tolstoy’s novel goes on to explore some of those unique unhappinesses in different families, showing how the universal human condition is to...
How Nehemiah Helps Point Us to God

God Calls You To Do His Work

I’ve never been in the military, but I’ve seen Saving Private Ryan and I’ve done a handful of pushups here and there, so it basically amounts to the same thing. (Totally kidding.) Anyway, in that movie — or any war movie, really — there’s a group of...