Where Do We Find Lasting Happiness?

Where Do We Find Lasting Happiness?

What Most People Want Out of Life What do we want out of life? Ultimately, most people are looking for happiness and meaning. These seem to be fleeting for too many of us. Like the country troubadour who went “looking for love in all the wrong places,” we go searching for happiness in all the …

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A Fantastic Fish Tale

A Fantastic Fish Tale

The story of Jonah usually evokes crazy images of a poor young man somehow surviving in the belly of a whale. Our minds immediately race through questions like: what did he eat, what did it smell like, or how in the world could he last three days in that place? We get so caught up …

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Why I’m Preaching from the Christian Standard Bible

Why I’m Preaching from the Christian Standard Bible

In the recent weeks, I have begun to preach and teach from the new Christian Standard Bible (CSB). Though I still study from various English translations and the Hebrew and Greek texts, I am very excited to make this switch as I lead FBC Watauga. For the majority of my preaching ministry, I have preached …

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The God of Creation is the God of Our Circumstances

The God of Creation is the God of Our Circumstances

Katie was just over 6 months old when she faced one of the most difficult times of her life. She was having kidney failure and was brought into Dallas Children’s Medical Center for a catheter placement so we could begin peritoneal dialysis. She was very tiny so as the catheter was place in her abdomen …

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One of the World’s Greatest Questions

One of the World’s Greatest Questions

Jesus and his disciples were in Galilee. It was still early in His ministry. He had sought some private time with His disciples, but the crowds continued to pursue Him into the deserted place near Bethsaida. After feeding over five thousand with a few fish and loaves of bread, Jesus sent the crowds away and …

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Why “Mountains and Ministry”?

Why “Mountains and Ministry”?

As I set out to begin this blog, one of the most difficult decisions was what to title it. So, I decided I would make that the subject of my first post. Mother’s Day Memories Today is Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend. Tomorrow will be the first Mother’s Day I have attended a worship service with …

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