I Will Change Your Name

Several years ago, the church I was going to would sing the worship song called “I Will Change Your Name”. The words of hope have sung in my heart long afterward. Part of it went like this: I will change your name You shall no longer be called Wounded, outcast, lonely, or afraid. What was [...]

Choose Life

“See, I set before you today life….” Now that I’m commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.  It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is [...]

Celebrate

I recently read an article proclaiming that there were some groundbreaking discoveries that might change the way we celebrate Easter.  The article was talking about how a scientist had discovered that the Last Supper may have actually taken place on the Wednesday before the Crucifixion as opposed to the Thursday that was originally thought.  His [...]

Contemplating Hopelessness…

  I’m sure you’ve heard many stories or watched movies about struggle, adversity, anguish, oppression or all of the above… where the only motivation to endure was hope for something better. Shawshank Redemption, Cast Away and Star Wars are all examples. For many people, the hope we have in God is very similar.  I say [...]

Conditioned Christians

I love the thought of signs, wonders and miracles..more than that I love seeing them and getting confirmation that God is not only real..but He is with us. The acceptance of the knowledge that God moves in and around us all of the time, I believe is what sets the foundation of our personal relationship [...]

Road Trips

I would like to start by pointing out that the new blog has just completed it’s first full month… so I decided to celebrate by presenting our first video blog. However, the truth is this particular video is over a year old. It was actually my very first “video project”… and it was the impetus [...]

One YES, One Thousand No’s

One Yes, 1000 No’s ….. Simple enough, right?  At the beginning of our Fruits series at Canvas Pastor Nick made a simple enough statement. Me, my brain, has an AHA moment. It seems that in just about every area of my life there are justifications, excuses, reasons for A or B to be chosen. Usually [...]

Gonna Reign With Him in Glory!

Our identity in Christ is the most important thing we have in our lives as eternal souls. Lately, God has been teaching me numerous lessons from this pool of knowledge in my walk with Him, so Jesus has asked me to defer my original subject for this one as it is the basis for everything [...]

Prison Break: PSA

PenalSubstitutionaryAtonement ……..there was a penalty to be paid for my sin……..Jesus took my place on the cross……..Jesus reconciled me. What for? our sins, our infirmities (Isaiah 53:4)peace, healing (Isaiah 53:5)intercession (Isaiah 53:12)sins, justification (Romans 4:25)love (Romans 5:8)bring us to God (1 Peter 3:18)sins of the world (1 John 2:2)redemption (Galatians 3:13)