Hope from the Hill Country

Merry Christmas!

We pray the Lord blesses you with the grace of Jesus' presence this Christmas!

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Who Will You Trust?

With all the voices telling you who you are, who will you trust?

Max Lucado uses the woman caught in adultery to remind us of the accusing voices we hear in our head and in our life and reminds us that this is from the adversary, the devil and challenges us to listen to the voice of Jesus.

Overcoming Your Heritage

What's up in the forest of your family trees?

Max Lucado writes about Josiah and how he overcame the bad family heritage.

God Will...

Do we really believe this before we see it?

Max Lucado writes about Abraham, his sacrifice of Isaac, and about the God who provides, Jehovah-jireh.

When You Can't Hide Your Mistakes

What do you do when you've failed and you can't hid it?

Max Lucado reminds us that pride often keeps us in failure and compounds mistakes and sinks us deeper in sin.

Unnecessary Chapters in Life?

Why do we go through these hard and apparently unnecessary times?

Max Lucado reminds us that the troubles of this present life are preparing us for something far greater.

Jesus' Hand Will Touch You Too

Does no one see you, either?

From Max Lucado's "Next Door Savior" comes a story about Jesus touching our face and shoulder and our falling down to worship him.

Something to Complain About

Why is it so easy to find the negative?

Max Lucado reminds us that we can all find something to complain about even in the best of circumstances, but we can focus on the good and see the work God is doing in us!

Home for Christmas

Where is your real home?

We are not at home until we are home with God.

An Open Letter to the New Clergy

Will you step up as a business person and take a lead in our war for the soul?

The most powerful voice for God in our culture must come from our business leaders who are Christians!

Thanks for the Flame of Freedom

Will we let them search for themselves?

We need to give our children and grandchildren the opportunity to believe for themselves.

Want to Plant a Church?

Interested in church planting?

Four diferent approaches to church planting.

Creating a Vision for Your Congregation

Is there anything your leadership can do to help cast a vision to your church?

Where can you find tools and resources for setting a vision for your congregation?

Chaotic Light

What's it like to be on the inside, not being able to look out?

This is the story of the blind man in John 9.

In An Anonymous Hotel Room

Do you have the strength to stand?

The power of an anonymous motel room doesn't have to claim our purity or cause us to cave into sin.

The Old Home Place

Can we ever really go home again?

As much as we would like to go home again, we must remember that home is not a place until we are home with God.