Let’s be honest — preaching can feel like planting seeds in a windstorm. You spend hours in prayer and preparation. You labor over every word, every illustration, every point of application. Sunday comes and you deliver the message God laid on your heart. And by the time you hit the parking lot, someone’s asking if […]

Behold your King. That is what Pontius Pilate said when he brought Jesus before the crowd. The Roman governor gestures toward a battered man standing beside him—face swollen, back torn open by whips, a crown of thorns driven into His head—and he says with a hint of scorn, “Behold your King.” Pilate means it as […]

There’s incredible beauty when someone keeps their word! When someone makes a promise, however great or small, and they follow through — keeping that promise — it’s a breath of fresh air, a cold glass of water on a hot summer day. When promises are kept consistently over time, an undeniable confidence is built. God’s […]

A few years ago I set the goal for myself to read the Bible cover to cover, and to gain more knowledge of the Word. The journey for knowledge that I set myself on would quickly turn into heart knowledge and experiences of beholding my King. This knowledge of His character helped me trust Him […]

What does it mean to behold something? To gaze, to ponder, to treasure, to notice? Beholding something is not passive. It is more than giving something a cursory glance. No, beholding is an active response. It’s pausing what we are doing to truly take in what is before us. Behold is a command. It requires […]

I vividly remember when the thought first struck me. “We’ve been singing it all wrong… backward!” What song, you may be wondering? The Sunday School classic, I Will Make You Fishers of Men. Okay, Okay…hear me out! The first verse is not what Jesus said to Simon and Andrew. His seaside words were, “Follow me, […]