“Humanity put God to the test, judged Him, and decided against acknowledging Him. In response, God put humankind to the test by giving them over to their lust, proving them to be depraved [which means] ‘not worthy or genuine’…They are ‘without excuse.’ They willingly ignored their Creator, their knowledge of right and wrong, and the penalty… Read more

A pastor friend encouraged me by something he said when we met for lunch the other day. He said, “I don’t look at tithing just as something people have to do. And I don’t assume they will give out of obligation alone. Instead, I try to make sure we remain a worthwhile investment of their money. They need to know we will invest their gifts well… Read more

I love that I get text notifications on my phone when someone mentions me or messages ne on Streams! If you have a US phone number, you can sign up to get text messages too. Ask me how!

Many came up to me after the messages today to tell me they will never pray or think of the Lord’s Prayer in the same way again. The box full of HE. WE. THEY. books we brought was snatched up quickly. It was a great morning all around. Thanks to Pastor Matt Craig for allowing me to teach his people. What a privilege it was, and what a…

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Good Sunday morning, Streamers! I’m preaching in Indiana today and would appreciate your prayers for clarity and power in my deliverance of God’s Word. I’m speaking on HE. WE.THEY. and the Prayer Model formula in the Lord’s Prayer. Thank you!

We’ve been working on a new event idea for over 2 years now. It’s designed for high school students. It’s very discipleship-focused and also strongly evangelistic. We’ve never seen this kind of event done before, but we believe it’s greatly needed and can be incredibly effective. When we go to Africa next month we plan to meet with some… Read more

I’m one molar lighter now after today’s dentist visit. My heart doc said I needed to lose some weight. Guess this is one way to do it. 🙂

Word on the street is that Susan Troth (an ah-mazing professor at Cedarville University) is working on some great new courses for our Streams community! Nobody better to teach vocals and worship admin than @Susan ! We’re pumped!

Look what @Corey sent us! These are the tips he shared with us at last week’s Coffee on Friday hangout. Thanks Corey. These are spot-on! We’ll be adding this as an article on our worship wiki here on Streams.

• Music is secondary to being a disciple. We praise God because we know God. To know about God we have to be growing in Him, which in…

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Good Monday morning, everyone! Hope you have a blessed week.