Last week, I flipped back through one of my favorite books (and an undisputed classic), "The Confessions of St. Augustine." Augustine was the bishop of Hippo and lived in the 300's (Way way back in the day). "Confessions," his autobiography, is his most popular writing and if you read it you'll see why. It became a significant book in church history for a number of reasons, one of those being his thought provoking reflections on life in light of God's grace and providence. The whole thing was written as a prayer to God and I highly recommend reading it.

When I flipped through my...

In Part 1 we established that we should be unashamed of the Gospel first and foremost because it is the power of God. God uses the Gospel to call dead men from the grave. And not only does He call them with this message, He raises them with this message.

So yeah this all sounds nice and good, but when the time comes to share the truth with others it never goes down quite so easy.

The Problem
Have you ever been in conversation with someone and wanted to share the Gospel with them, but couldn't get yourself to do it? It seems that when we are in the Scriptures or with our church we rejoice...

Being Ashamed
I remember my first car accident. I was driving down I-20 in Dallas headed home from school in my Champagne colored '97 Nissan Pathfinder. All of a sudden the car in front of me swerved to the right to avoid something and I didn't have time to react and follow suit in time. It happened so quick it's hard to remember exactly how it went down, but what I do remember is a old mattress falling from the air and landing a few feet in front of me.

The next thing I knew, it was under my wheels and the mattress springs were tightly tangled to everything on the bottom side of my...

By Lecrae

This summer has been full of surprises and interesting dynamics. We have been traveling the world not just entertaining people but actually trying to be a light in a dark world. The trials were plentiful again this year. Losing loved ones, strained relationships, and unforeseen circumstances. I just want to ask our family to continue to pray with us.

The summer is not over and even if the "buzz" dies down the ministry won't stop. We still need prayer and more support than ever.

As an encouragement just want to plead with our family, Don't Waste Your:

Time - Knowing tons of...

Brothers and sisters, If you are like many of the people I know, you will offend people. You will offend them deeply. The offense will cause them internal distress and maybe pain that they will resent you for. But sometimes God won't be grieved by this. In fact, He'll be pleased.

Off the top of my head I can recall many times when I have offended people. Some of the time afterwards, I confessed and repented of my sin. But then there were other times when I didn't feel remorse, nor did I repent. In fact I praised God for His grace in the situation.

Hold up, before you throw away...