Theology

“What do you want them to know?”  A great question to think about when it comes to the ministry we have with our campers. After all, most of the time, we only have 6 days. And these years are a pivotal time in their lives… One thing that I want to speak into Ranch campers…

“The gift of fear is faith.” – Chip Dodd The gift of fear is faith. Chip’s point is that where you have no fear, it’s very hard to have faith. But when you’re afraid, you have the opportunity to come to God, in your fear, and surrender. Easier said than done. Everything inside us wants…

Reading the sermon on the mount recently, I was struck by Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:24, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock.” Whoever hears these words and “puts them into practice“… I’m realizing more and more…

As I write this, I’m residing in the wonderful state of Oklahoma, where the wind goes sweeping down the plains. We’re spending the week on different college campuses talking with students about working at Pine Cove next summer. Recruiting is one of my favorite aspects of being on staff at PC. On top of getting…

“Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort.” Have you ever heard a quote that knocked you over and at the same time left you hanging? That was this for me… I remember thinking, ‘man, that’s good… what does that mean?’

How bad do you want to be holy? In Hebrews 12, after making his entire argument up to that point, the author exhorts Christians to not turn back to Judaism. To persevere. “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for…

I’m leading some of our staff through a study on Ephesians 1:3-14 this summer. One sentence in Greek, this passage is power-packed with some of the richest theology in the New Testament regarding our position in Christ.