Simply Gospel

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

  • Why I Quit Being Nice

    Why I Quit Being Nice But now, as I thought through the past ten years of my life, I realized being “nice”wasn’t doing for me what I wanted it to do. Being “nice” was preventing me from saying what I thought about things. It prevented me from telling my friends that I thought laughing at someone Continue reading

  • Practicing Biblical Hospitality

    Practicing Biblical Hospitality Biblical hospitality is when we give ourselves willingly to the needs of others. It is bigger than food and shelter. It is the outpouring of mercy and grace from God to others, without expectation for reciprocation. Jesus said in Luke 14:12b–13, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your Continue reading

  • What’s So Wrong With Being High Maintenance?

    What’s So Wrong With Being High Maintenance? “Go ahead,” he insisted. “Be a burden to me. I dare you.” Suddenly, in that moment, I realized my tendency to pretend like I didn’t need anything from him, or from anyone else, wasn’t healthy. It didn’t make me low-maintenance. It made me a liar. Because I did Continue reading

  • Worth & Others

    Over the last couple of posts, we’ve looked at the value God places on each of us — that you, as an individual, are worthwhile and valuable to God. Knowing we’re valuable to God then changes how we treat ourselves, how we conduct ourselves, and how we present ourselves every day. I’m not simply some office Continue reading

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  • Will the United States Stand Forever?

    Will the United States Stand Forever? Although we may enjoy living in the United States, we shouldn’t get too attached to this (or any) country. This country may end when the Lord returns, or it may topple sooner. But one way or the other, we need to remember that God is in control and those Continue reading

  • Why I Still Go to Church

    Why I Still Go to Church In short, spiritual community provides soulful nourishment that I am unable of obtaining on my own. I think we all, on a deep primal level, long for our souls to be fed in some way. We have big, heavy questions and deep, aching doubts and intense, paralyzing fears. Some Continue reading

  • Christianity & Self Worth

    In my last post, I looked at the fact that God sees you as valuable. He has done a great deal to care for you and to ensure you have a home with Him for the rest of eternity. We do not have a God that sees us as sinners unworthy of His grace. Rather, Continue reading

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  • Worthwhile

    Have you ever thought about what you are worth to God? Too often, I hear brothers and sisters talk about themselves as if they are insignificant to God – sort of reflecting the question David asks in Psalm 8:4: “What is man that you are mindful of him?” What can we possibly mean in the context Continue reading

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  • September Twelfth Christianity

    How we respond to tragedy often speaks to who we really are. On September 12, 2001, I and many others saw some of the greatest outpourings of love and support toward all of those affected by the tragedies of the previous day.  Some call September 11 “America’s Darkest Day”, but the days and weeks to Continue reading

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  • Forgive & Forget

    Quoting Jeremiah, Hebrews 8:9 states: I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. Twelve years ago today, I was running late to work when I heard Gold 104.5 DJ Bruce Elscott break the news that the Word Trace Center had been hit by an airplane. The news was Continue reading

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