Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, … [Read more...]

A few weekends ago, my wife and I went to Appleton, Wisconsin with four friends (two other couples) for a youth conference. Three of them were leading worship for the conference, as well as opening the evening concert featuring the band Switchfoot. We arrived at the venue for sound check, walked in the back door, and who was the first person we ran into? Jon foreman, the … [Read more...]

"Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharoh the king of Egypt." - Genesis 41:46 "David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years." - 2 Samuel 5:4-5 "Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age..." - Luke 3:23 What do you notice about all three people mentioned above? They didn't start walking … [Read more...]