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Category: Evangelism
An Easter Decision
For many people Easter Sunday is all about the pastel bunny rabbit and cute yellow baby chicks, the delicious chocolate treats and jelly beans in a basket, floral dresses and adorable children dressed up looking […]
Think Before You Speak
When you speak, are your words helpful? Encouraging? Edifying? Are they hurtful? Judgmental? Arrogant? The Bible teaches us so much about our words. It gives us instruction about how and when to speak. “Be quick […]
The beginning of the Vineyard…Dream on!
When we planted Vineyard North Phoenix with 12 people in 1985, it was beyond my wildest dreams that the church would ever be as large as it is now and that we would see the […]
Prince of Peace
Shalom friends! Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace. In the book of Isaiah Jesus is called the Prince of Peace or the Prince of Shalom”. The word Shalom means to be in a state […]
An Excellent podcast
I wanted to take the opportunity to share a podcast I’ve started listening to lately. It is called Good Faith and is hosted by David French and Curtis Chang. I have found them to take […]
If These Walls Could Talk…
I remember when the walls of VCNP were being built and going up. If we could hear what the walls were “saying,” I think it would be about being part of something of eternal significance—it […]
Don’t give up!
Theodore Roosevelt said, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who pointes out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs […]
Walking Slowly
By now, you all know I LOVE my 5 minutes of silence in the morning with the Lord. I long for that time of quiet and stillness. I love to just sit and be present […]
No Jerks for Jesus
I recently read a tweet which said, “Being a jerk to everyone you think is wrong about stuff is not a mark of orthodoxy or courage but of arrogance and fear. The saints used to […]