February 6, 2019
God frequently warns us about drifting. We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. (Heb. 2:1) He also frequently reminds us to remember who He is—and who […]
November 8, 2018
Performance is fear-based. Obedience is love-based. Performance is about points, as in accumulating enough points to earn the rewards we deserve. Obedience is about pleasing, as in pleasing my Heavenly Father. As I have pondered my own transition from performance […]
November 1, 2018
I have been railing against performance for the past few weeks, primarily because we all know we live in a culture that idolizes performance. We are graded by our performance. Our self-worth is defined by our performance. This applies to […]
November 22, 2017
Okay, I don’t mean for this to be just another, “It’s Thanksgiving so we must write about being thankful,” but there are four things for which I am so very grateful, grateful in the extreme, if you will. In most […]