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Have you ever been given a gift only later to discover that gift wasn’t a gift at all? It turned out that the giver of the gift used the gift to manipulate or control you into doing something they wanted. It is a sign of narcissism, and we have all experienced it at least once in our lifetimes. The gift…

For all you married couples, how many of you are living with a spouse that likes to keep the house at the opposite temperature than you? Some of you like it cold. Some of you like to live in a slow cooker. But somehow you married each other. I recently saw someone post on Facebook, “Marriage is moving…

There is a product out there that most people don’t want, but are glad they have it when they use it. This product has increased in cost tremendously since COVID, and this product is insurance. I hate insurance premiums, but I’m also really glad I have insurance when someone hits my car at an intersection.…

There is a famous saying attributed to American monk and writer Thomas Merton that says, “ People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.” Success itself is not sinful. God wants you to succeed.…

One of my favorite parts of being a pastor is officiating weddings. As a married man, I’m a big fan of marriage. I think it is one of the greatest and most sacred relationships on the face of the earth. Soon to be married couples are required to sit down with me for several sessions to help me get to…

Some of my favorite movies are of the apocalyptic sort. Something threatens humanity’s existence, a band of people are put together to address the problem, then they go to stop the impending disaster. Closely related to it are the post-apocalyptic movies that depict the aftermath of the near world ending…

If you have listened to me for a while, you probably know I am a big fan of YouTube. I watch a lot of YouTube, and I have a lot of interests. One of the types of videos I like to watch is someone who sets up thousands of dominos and then knocks them down for people like me to watch. Often times there…

Marci and I celebrated ten years of marriage on March 5, 2021. We celebrated by going to South Dakota where we got to see Mount Rushmore and the surrounding area. Now, I have always been fascinated by mountains, but living in Houston my whole life with little opportunity to travel, I have rarely seen…

We are going to start off with a game to test your memory. An image is going to appear on screen and you are going to tell me what the item in the picture is used for. Are you ready? Start game... Today we are talking about purpose. Last week we talked about the primary responsibility of man as exercising…