When running a race where you are at any particular time isn't important. It only matters where you end up. The same is true in the relationship between this life and the next. Do we live our lives for here and now, or do we live with the end in mind? Do we enjoy ease…

What does money have to do with a Christian’s expectations of the age to come? Quite a bit, actually. The resources we have are a sacred trust from God. And while we can’t take them with us, how we use them in this life will have consequences in the life to come. In today’s sermon,…

When Christians think about making disciples, our first impulse is often to make it easy. But Jesus doesn’t make following him easy. Instead, Jesus demands everything. In his culture, there were no stronger ties than family ties. Yet he demands that his disciples’ allegiance to family take a back seat to their allegiance to him.…