ADDICTED TO PRAISE

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I am addicted to praise. Not praising God.  Receiving praise.  I’m addicted to it.  And like any addict there is very little I would not do to get it.  Give me a compliment; shower me with adulation; wax poetic about how awesome I am – I’ll do anything! No seriously, tell me how awesome I am. But even if you … Read More

A PLACE TO BE BAD

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Worship leaders, there’s a question that’s been gnawing at me for the last few years.  And it’s actually a part of my story.  Maybe your story is something like mine. After taking piano lessons when I was a kid, I picked up a guitar when I was thirteen and taught myself to play my favorite songs by Audio Adrenaline, DC … Read More

PRECIOUS HOPE

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Lyla Hope was born on May 24. She spent three minutes on this earth before Jesus brought her home and made her whole again. Lyla Hope’s parents are good friends of ours and we watched in admiration as they walked every step of this difficult journey, from the time her condition was diagnosed through a season of desperate prayer until … Read More

IS RELIGION THE SOURCE OF INJUSTICE?

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I was perusing a recent CNN photo gallery of famous atheists and was reminded that there is a concept currently en vogue in our culture which states, essentially, that the world would actually be better off without religion. The CNN piece pulled quotes from each person referenced, included Christopher Hitchens, who viewed religion as “the main source of hatred in … Read More

Greater Things

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I asked a group of kids that question for this video. Their answer? “Impossible!” But that’s precisely what Jesus tells us in John 14:12: “Anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these.” What an amazing promise – and yet how difficult to believe. If most of us … Read More