In recent weeks at IBC, we’ve been discussing the importance of wrestling with our own personal past—our life story—to better understand our present and God’s intentions for our future. This is a vitally important part of our ongoing spiritual growth and development. God has made us who we are through the formative experiences and relationships of our lives: though our heritage, our heroes, our high points, and our hard times.
Read MoreI grew up nearby in Carrollton, as a part of the Assemblies of God Church, which is a branch of the Pentecostal tradition. After college, I decided to pursue music instead of going into fulltime ministry.
May and June bring some wonderful things: weddings, graduations, the end of school. And then the not-so-wonderful heat comes rolling in you wish you had an ice cream truck following you wherever you go.
What death am I being asked to die?
In the book of John, Jesus gives Peter a gift we all want at times: the gift of knowing how our story ends.
Pentecost Sunday is a celebration of the birth of the Church, made up of people from many different nations the world over.
Presbyterian minister and author Timothy Keller has written, “Human beings are hope-shaped creatures. The way you live now is completely controlled by what you believe about your future.”
I love getting good seats — courstide, ringside, box seats, on the glass. When you have good seats the action seems faster, the music sounds better, the actors’ faces are more expressive. And you can stretch your legs.