Category: Practicality
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Sermon Podcast: The Five Sails Of A Successful Relationship
This is a sermon I preached at my church based on Ephesians 4:1-3. For more gospel-centered content, please visit www.kipko.net.
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Ten Ways To Have The Best Year Ever
If you’re anything like me, then you care about making sure that your life is influential and impactful. You are not indifferent to your progress in every area of your life. You are someone that took an inventory of what you did last year and also planned out what you will do in 2016. I…
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My Top Ten Tips For Traveling Smart In Europe
I wrote this post while at an airport in Rome en route to Paris. My goal was to provide value to people who would be planning a Europe trip. We had no idea what we would experience next.
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Why Having Too Many Options Is Actually Making You Unhappy
I don’t know about you, but I cannot work in a cluttered environment. Whenever I come into my office and sit at my desk, I must have it in immaculate condition. A clean, un-cluttered work space serves as a mental stimulant for me that now I can begin doing work and being productive. I…
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The Number One Reason Jesus Would Be Kicked Out Of Your Church
There will be people who try to discredit you and there will be people who are immensely blessed by you. The goal is to be faithful to Jesus, to His gospel and to the ministry that Jesus has graciously allowed you to fulfill in your sphere of influence.
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Why Everything You Were Ever Taught About Spiritual Growth Is Completely Wrong
Two weeks ago, I finished preaching the most emotionally draining sermon series I have ever preached. This series wrecked my life. It took what was once a very well laid foundation and week by week, destroyed it. The truth hurts but it also helps and heals. Here is why the end of this sermon series…
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Ten Things Every Christian Must Stop Doing. Number Nine Is Ridiculous.
If you are a follower of Jesus, I want to ask you to seriously consider this list and stop doing these things. I am convinced that the moment we stop doing these things, we will experience freedom that has long been forgotten.
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Three Things You Must Do When You Don’t Desire God
Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you did not desire God? When you did not want to open your Bible. When you had no desire to pray. When you dreaded going to church. When the thought of doing anything spiritual was met with apathy and melancholy. No amount of Bible verses that…
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Five False Teachers Christians Should Stop Listening To
I want to call out by name five false teachers that are doing damage to the church of Christ. I have wanted to write this post for a while and am convinced that the time is right. These teachers do more harm than good to the gospel of Jesus. Here are five false teachers Christians should…
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Five Uncomfortable Phrases Christians Need To START Saying More Often
A concern I have for the Christian Culture is the absence of these serious but seldom used phrases. For a group who was saved while we were still sinners, it always amazes me how confident we are in asserting that we have a monopoly on a certain theology. How often does a brother or sister…