by Matt Dirks | Mar 22, 2023 | Ask Pastor Matt
Some Christians believe being Spirit-filled means speaking in tongues (or doing the Holy Ghost Hokey Pokey). Others say you’ll be filled with the Spirit after you work hard to get rid of all the sin in your life, then the Spirit will come. The Spirit helps those who...
by Matt Dirks | Mar 8, 2023 | Ask Pastor Matt
Trials and tragedies are often what God uses to break through to someone whose heart was resistant toward him. As C.S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” In...
by Matt Dirks | Feb 15, 2023 | Ask Pastor Matt
Let me start with a fact most people don’t realize: Christianity has done more to empower women than any other religion or philosophy in history. The New Testament was easily the most feminist text in the ancient world. It just takes a little historical context to see...
by Matt Dirks | Jan 25, 2023 | Ask Pastor Matt
There are two things that lead to persistent sin: our habits and our hearts. That’s what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount: If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for...
by Matt Dirks | Jan 18, 2023 | Ask Pastor Matt
When Jesus says, “You always have the poor with you,” he is responding to Judas’ objection to a woman’s lavish gift of expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet. His whole statement is, ““Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a...
