Category: Practicality

  • The Reason Why You Condemn Some And Show Tolerance To Others

    Over the years, I have noticed a trending topic that surrounds contemporary Christians. This spills over to any group of people, even those with no religious preference. This topic is not often talked about and usually avoided at all costs. When people guilty of this are pressed as to the reason behind their actions –…

  • Twenty Certain Signs You Are Growing In Grace

    Can I ask you question? When was the last time you truly cared about your spiritual growth? When was the last time you transparently assessed the state of your spirituality? When was the last time you took your finger and placed it onto your proverbial pulse in order to gauge your relationship with Jesus? When…

  • How To Avoid Mirror Christianity

    If you have ever read the epistle that Jesus’ brother James wrote, you are familiar with this illustration. James writes about the disconnect that so often happens between what we believe and how we live. To prove his point further, he uses an illustration that is applicable to every single person reading this today. Here…

  • What Makes You Lose Control?

    In my daily bible reading plan, I came across this verse recently. It comes from Proverbs: Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city (Prov. 16:32). I am constantly thinking about why I do the things I do. I am always studying…

  • Six Principles For Prayer From Jesus

    Prayer is the oxygen by which all vital life organisms are kept alive and organized in the life of a Christian. Whether you pray hard or hardly every pray, it is important to understand some principles about prayer. If you catch yourself gasping for breath from the breadth of life, processing the position of your prayer…

  • Seven Things I Learned From Being In Seminary

    This past May, by God’s grace and because of my phenomenal wife, I was able to finally finish seminary. Now that I am finished with seminary, I want to share some reflections regarding my journey. These are things that I learned along the way. This list includes things that were exciting, beneficial, painful, torturous (greek) empowering and…

  • So-Cal To Sac-Town To San-Fran: A Theology Of Road-Trips

    This past weekend, a group of young leaders from our church went on a road trip together. The main purpose of this trip was to attend the Generations Conference, hosted by the PCSEBA in Sacramento. The conference served as a great cultural experience. The evening time following the conference was spent at fabulous Old-Town Sacramento. The…

  • Six Sustaining Antidotes For Idolatry

    The cause of idolatry is the insatiable lust or desire that pervades our person because our mind is not set on the things of God. The cause of idolatry is our obsession with trite and trivial things that occupy our mind and motivate our existence. It is a love that we have for the world…

  • Twenty Ways To Tell What Your Idols Are

    Before we can eliminate the idols in our life, we must first realize what (who) they are. We all have idols. We are all idolaters to one degree or another. We all are in need of repentance and restoration. We all are in desperate need to undergo serious spiritual alignment so that our passions are…

  • How To Be Gospel-Governed (Series Conclusion)

    This post is part of a series on what it means to live a Gospel-Governed life. Read the previous posts here , here, here and here. _____________________________________________________________ If we are to live a life governed by the glorious gospel of Jesus the Christ, we need not seek behavior modification but rather a heart renovation. Here are three ways…