We are perfectionists. We all are. I know what you’re thinking…but just because you don’t clean your room or do your dishes doesn’t mean you’re not a perfectionist. Let me explain. When I was in Africa, I learned a lot about what it means to really love people. (With no TV, internet, or restaurants, living [...]
Several years ago, I was driving home from work late in the evening and came to a stretch of road that ran alongside a clearing in a field. It was then that in the open night sky I noticed the largest, brightest moon I had ever seen in my life! It was HUGE and hung [...]
A house to run . . . meals to cook . . . a lively, energetic, talkative 2 year old running circles around my feet . . . ministry, meetings, errands, and everything in-between. The busyness of life tempts me to stay moving, never stopping, (except maybe for the occasional 30 minute power nap before [...]
If you’ve followed the ministry at all in these past couple of months, you’ve probably heard a very common word: transition. Obviously, you’re hearing it because we are in the middle of one. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been instantaneous. It’s been a process. However, looking back over these recent months, I wouldn’t change any of it [...]
When answering the question of “Who am I?” most people never think to begin by answering the question of who they aren’t. Salvation does not only give us access to true identity. It erases the person of the past. You’re not addicted. You’re not abandoned or orphaned. You’re not religious. You’re not perverted. Regeneration is [...]
There’s never a “good” time to start burning for the Lord. You just have to jump in. There have been times on my journey with the Lord where I haven’t been as “on fire” as others. During those seasons of dry spells, I wouldn’t reject the things of God. I just wasn’t doing the daily, [...]
I recently spoke about “The Spirit of the Giant.“ Basically, we need to understand that the enemy wants us to feel small in what God has anointed us to do. That’s what giants do–they make you feel small. As a young man, C. S. Lewis felt embarrassed over his poetry. So, he tore the pages out [...]
It’s a lot more than you think it is. RSM Tribes is not just a few new elective classes. It’s not just a cool addition to an already packed RSM curriculum. RSM Tribes is about a shift in mentality. It’s about new opportunities. At the Ramp, we have historically asked the question: “Do you fit [...]
What is the greatest commandment? Yes, you got it. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind (Luke 10:27).” Say it once, think about it briefly, and it seems simple. Say it over and over, think about it deeply, [...]
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Either way, the love of God controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and [...]
