At Salem, we are in a series entitled, "What Jesus Wants." A couple of weeks ago, we explored Psalm 19:7-14 and the...
5 Practical Tips for God’s Word
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Faith Articles
How to Study the Bible
Once every few months, we host "Equip Nights" at our church, Salem. On Sunday mornings we are walking through every...
A Lifetime of Learning
There are some lessons we learn once and remember for years to come - riding a bike, how to drive (well for some),...
Seasons of Sickness
The original article was posted May 21, 2018 One of the privileges the Lord continues to allow me to experience is coming alongside friends and families who are walking through seasons of sickness. In those moments, words often fail. And the reality is the power of...
The Simplicity of Christmas
Matthew 1:18-25 records the birth of Jesus. The words and the description, although familiar, are nothing especially captivating. The birth of Jesus was... simple. There was no baby Jesus reveal party. He didn't have multiple monogrammed outfits. His birth was...
The Promised King of the Old Testament
Last Sunday, we began a new series of messages entitled, "The Coming of the King." We are taking a deeper look at the birth of Jesus through the eyes of Matthew in chapters 1-2. Sunday we made some observations about The Family Tree of Jesus (Listen Here). The family...
A Heart of Generosity
In recent days, I have been reminded about generosity. Not because the Thanksgiving and Christmas season is quickly approaching. I found an interesting study this week regarding generosity by states (READ MORE). In reality, I have been reminded about generosity for...
Giving God Credit
The past few weeks at Salem, we have been exploring the life of Ezra. Ezra 7-8 is a powerful account of God's favor on this man who meditated, obeyed, and taught others God's Word. Six times in these two chapters we are told taht God's hand is on Ezra. God's favor...
How to Study the Bible 2.0
This the second part of a series on reading and studying the Bible. The first post focused on some practical thoughts on reading this Bible. This post is designed to move from just reading the Bible to studying it on your own. Before you begin, I would recommend a...
How to Study the Bible 1.0
An essential part of growing in our faith relationship with Jesus is studying the Bible. Sudying the Bible is not automatic. It is easy to want to jump to application or even the history of a passage. But the first thing a person must do is set their heart to study...
Moving Forward
Have you ever found yourself in a spiritual slump? Maybe you are in a season when your prayer life is a struggle? Maybe trusting God is a stretch? It could be you are in a place when the past is paralyzing you from moving forward to get on God’s plan for your life?...
Guarding with Gumption
I was making my way home from church Sunday afternoon. Across the road I noticed a small sparrow dive-bombing a black bird. I was humored by the scene. As I proceeded, I realized the small sparrow was guarding her nest with great gumption. I was so occupied with...