Posts with the tag “transformation”

This Easter blog today is about disruptive change. Imagine that the company you work for has decided to try to just create the next life-changing technology. Your boss is very impressed with your work...  Read More

This blog is about religion! Today, I’m going to try to convince you to abandon your religion. Religion is a game that is rigged to cause you to fail. It may surprise you that a pastor would be the st...  Read More

One of the most difficult parts of winning a war is to capture hearts and minds. Armies have faced this challenge for hundreds of years. The latest military technology cannot win someone’s heart. All ...  Read More

Acts 2:12-15 They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But some sneered and said, “They’re drunk on new wine.”14 Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised hi...  Read More

“The church is full of hypocrites!” Have you ever heard that one? I’ve heard this comment many times when sharing my faith in Jesus. I have heard this comment more than any other when talking to peo...  Read More

The world was a big, black bomb waiting to go off in the early 1910’s. Then Gavrilo Princip lit the fuse and the world exploded into death and destruction. Here’s how the History Channel describes t...  Read More

One of the toughest things I did as a soldier in the United States Army was forced marches. These long movements under heavy loads became both physically and mentally grueling. It takes a tough mind a...  Read More

When I was about 12 years old, I got a job working for my neighbor who owned some rental properties. I didn’t realize it at that age, but I’m pretty sure this man broke all child labor laws with me. I...  Read More

There’s a television show I discovered recently called Forged in Fire. I don’t watch a whole lot of television, but while I was channel surfing, I discovered a bunch of big, burly, bearded dudes hamme...  Read More

Every child knows what it feels like to be called some terrible nickname on the playground in elementary school. This is just what children do to hurt one another. Maybe you quoted that famous childho...  Read More

There’s a bridge spanning the Joint Security Area which crosses the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea. It called the “Bridge of No Return.” The name refers to prisoner exchange ...  Read More

I want you to imagine that you are a little boy playing in the woods behind your house. You’ve spent the entire day looking underneath stones and logs for caterpillars-because that’s what little boys ...  Read More

In 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a novel called The Scarlet Letter which he described as a romance novel. The plot of The Scarlet Letter is about a woman, Hester Prince, whose husband has been gone f...  Read More

As you just heard, this is the grand finale and the last sermon in the book of Luke. We started this series in November 2015 and more than 70 weeks later we are wrapping everything up. Let me tell you...  Read More

Today we’re going to take a look at Jesus walking among his people after the resurrection. First, I want to tell you a story to set this up from the Bible. Last year at the Silver City Galleria Mall i...  Read More

In a recent blog article, Esther Irish talked about her hilarious family vacation last year. Esther, like most women, gets anxious when the vehicle starts to get close to empty. Esther’s husband, like...  Read More

Have you ever had one of those moments where you knew you were about to make a fool yourself? When I was a senior in high school, I did serious damage to the engine of my car. I owned a classic 72 C...  Read More