Clean Slate: A new start, especially to make a new start by clearing the record. This phrase comes from the use of chalk and slates in classrooms in the past. By wiping the slate clean, a student could remove any evidence of a mistake.

Jesus had to say “no” his entire life, it wasn't just at the beginning. Over and over right up until the very end when Jesus was hanging on a cross, the crowd is yelling out, "You saved others. Save yourself. Come down from that cross," and Jesus, while..

Deep in the conscience of every human being is the sense that wrongdoing cannot & should not go unpunished.  Somewhere in every person’s conscience is the sense that there must be consequences for irresponsible & immoral actions.  We all CRINGE...

This is a story about a man who failed his best friend and felt like his failure put him beyond the reach of God's grace. It’s the story about a man who turned out to be wonderfully wrong.  This is a story about the weakness of man and the greatness of...

Wherever human beings are involved there is never complete certainly at anything. None of us can know with certainty what the remainder of 2020 will bring, you can’t count on world being a better place in six months. The correct response to the crisis...

Whatever you are facing, the promise of Jesus is not the promise of optimism, it is the promise of ultimate hope, it’s the promise that even though it feels like checkmate, the king still has one more move.

Acts 27:9-20 - Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them, “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and..

Most of us start out in life with some pretty ambitious ideas of the kind of lives we want to live, the kind of people we want to be, the relationships we’d like to have, the kids we’d like to raise. They’re all good and noble ideas, but when we stack...

We are facing a crisis right now, and the only way we are going to be able to live above the line of despair is to build our lives around some safe people, safe places and the refuge that God provides. It’s available anytime and anyplace. You can’t...

It’s pretty remarkable when you think about it, on January 1, 2020 we Americans felt pretty safe and secure. Fast forward just 90 days, Coronavirus, worldwide pandemic, fear, no vaccine, our way of life dramatically affected, we went from a solid place...