“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” - Matthew 5:13 (CSB)“Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.” - Colossians 4:5-6 (CS...  Read More

“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” - Matthew 5:14-16You ever drive through the backroads of Texas at ...  Read More

Romans 10:14 - "How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?"Here’s the thing—eternity is real. And people are heading into it every day. I know that’s heavy, but we have to let the weight of it hit us. Heaven and hell aren’t abstract theological concepts. The...  Read More

2 Corinthians 5:17 - "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."The gospel doesn’t exist to give you a spiritual facelift—it exists to resurrect you from the dead. Christianity isn’t about behavior modification. It’s about soul-level transformation. The kind only Jesus can bring.You see this vividly in Zacchaeus’ story. This guy wasn’t just mo...  Read More

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.” - 2 Timothy 1:7-8 (CSB)Fear is a funny thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t always show up in big, obvious ways. Sometimes it’s subtle. You hesitate before speaking up. Yo...  Read More

Acts 1:8 - "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of the earth."You want to know why religious people got so mad at Jesus? Because He loved the wrong people. Over and over, you see Him hanging out with the people everyone else avoided—the unclean, the outsiders, the morally sketchy. In Mark 2, He calls Levi (Matthew), a tax collecto...  Read More