Simply Gospel

May my steps be worship. May my thoughts be praise.

  • You Were Created to Sing

    You Were Created to Sing As we sing, our Spirit-filled delight in Christ ministers to the burdened, nudges them to look past the afflictions they carried in, points them back to Christ, and encourages them to rejoin the pleasure of engaging in what we are all created for — worshiping our glorious Savior. Continue reading

  • I’ve Grown Cynical of Cynicism

    I’ve Grown Cynical of Cynicism People of faith being cynical is a bit of a contradiction. After all, don’t we believe in a God who—even when we make mistakes—is faithful to desire to bless us and see potential wherever we put our feet? Even though it’s tempting to connect suffering or flaws with lack of Continue reading

  • Lay Aside the Weight of Discontentment

    Lay Aside the Weight of Discontentment Jesus was a treasure to Paul. What Paul saw in Jesus was what the man in Jesus’s parable saw in the field: The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all Continue reading

  • The Gift of Service — Even for Kids

    The Gift of Service — Even for Kids So often we look at service as a burden that one must be old and mature enough to undertake. But this is like saying that riding a bicycle is only for people who can ride bicycles. It’s sort of true, but again, incomplete. A two-year-old can ride Continue reading

  • Fellow Christians: I’m Rich and I’m Sorry

    Fellow Christians: I’m Rich and I’m Sorry In fact, saying “I’m rich” can be an honest, even humble admission of privilege, rather than a boast of position. As Caryn Rivadeneira wrote, as Christians, we should be the most comfortable admitting when our successes are owed to privilege, acknowleding that privilege is just another way of saying, Continue reading

  • The Millennials Are Rejecting Fighting Churches and Christians

    The Millennials Are Rejecting Fighting Churches and Christians I went to a business meeting at that church. I’m never going back. Continue reading

  • Worth & Evangelism

    To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings. – I Corinthians 9:22-23 Today, I’m wrapping up Continue reading

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  • Spiritual Security

    Spiritual Security Yours truly at the South Boone Church of Christ: We trust in these products, services, and infrastructures to provide a measure of security in the unpredictable lives we have while on this world. Those who seek Christ, however, seek a refuge greater than anything man can provide. More than seeking security for our Continue reading

  • Silencing Critics

    Silencing Critics When our friends and neighbors fail to recognize what is presented by Hollywood as the Christians that they know, then they will reject the culture’s portrayal of a twisted and false faith. The problem is that even I see truth presented in many of these derogatory manifestations of my faith. Continue reading

  • If Jesus is a pansy, I want to be one too

    If Jesus is a pansy, I want to be one too – Reflections on Christlikeness So, when we think of Jesus, we have a choice to make if we are truly committing our lives to follow him. Either he taught nonviolent resistance or he did not. If he did, according to the above quote from Continue reading