Is Church Attendance Necessary?

There is a growing trend among religious people that is troubling. The common belief is that a person can have God, Jesus, and salvation without ever attending church. For some reason, people have grown to see church attendance as something that is unnecessary. So, I wanted to write a brief article and simply let theContinue reading “Is Church Attendance Necessary?”

Do You Ever Feel Like Giving Up?

It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog. If I’m being honest, I’ve had a rough few weeks. I’ll spare you the dirty details, but I will tell you the words that kept crossing my mind: “I want to give up…………..” Thinking about those words now, I don’t know exactly what I wanted toContinue reading “Do You Ever Feel Like Giving Up?”

Hard Questions to Ask Yourself (part 4 – if you read any of these, make it this one)

This is part 4 of a series of questions that have been posed to me that have been particularly challenging to my faith. I hope you will go back and read the first 3 posts. The question that will be discussed in this post is from a book I have been reading. The book isContinue reading “Hard Questions to Ask Yourself (part 4 – if you read any of these, make it this one)”

Hard Questions to Ask Yourself (part 3)

If you have not read the first 2 articles in this series, I want to encourage you to go back and read those. If you don’t, this one may seem a little dark and morbid. This is a series of articles about difficult questions that have been asked of me that really challenged me toContinue reading “Hard Questions to Ask Yourself (part 3)”

Hard Questions to Ask Yourself (part 1)

Over the last few years, I’ve heard some questions that have stopped me in my tracks and made me think really hard about myself and my Christianity. I’m not exactly sure where I heard these questions, so if it was from you, please forgive me for borrowing your question. Over the next few blogs IContinue reading “Hard Questions to Ask Yourself (part 1)”

“I was one way, and now I am completely different.”

Last night, I had the privilege of starting the series “The Chosen” with some good friends (if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it). We sat and watched 3 episodes together, and there wasn’t one episode where my eyes didn’t fill with tears. One scene in particular really made me step back and thinkContinue reading ““I was one way, and now I am completely different.””

Social Media – Satan’s Greatest Tool

Over the past 6-7 months I have not been on social media. I decided around election time to take break because of the things I saw happening to me. While on Facebook, I found myself angry at people I had never met, enraged at the government, upset with my friends and family, and disappointed inContinue reading “Social Media – Satan’s Greatest Tool”