By Dr. Scott Rodin | Trying to write a blog post for Holy Week reminds me how difficult it is for pastors to write Easter sermons. There is so much to say, so many themes to address and so little space and time.

By Dr. Scott Rodin | This is our final week looking at how we, as stewards, live and thrive in the unprecedented times in which we live. In this final week, I challenge us to repent of our idols, and I will define idols as those things in which we place our trust and find our security.

By Dr. Scott Rodin | In this fourth week, we will take an honest look at the temptation to treat people as means to our own ends. As you walk through your day, who’s agenda drives your actions – yours or God’s?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | In the past two weeks we considered what it means to repent of our tendency to be keepers of our own kingdoms instead of God’s kingdom, and of our desire to be self-reliant instead of God-reliant. In this third week, I want to look at the damage done by a misplaced identity.

By Dr. Scott Rodin | This is our second week looking at how we as stewards live and thrive in the unprecedented times in which we live.

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Lent is a season marked by reflection, repentance and prayer, and this year we have an opportunity to ask deeper questions about how we as stewards live and thrive in this time of growing moral chaos and cultural turmoil. I will look at five ways we can walk this Lenten journey in a meaningful way. Each week will follow the process of reflection – repentance – restoration – healing – hope.

By Dr. Scott Rodin | When we consider the enemy only had three shots at knocking Jesus off His messianic journey, we have to take seriously the significance of the temptation. What would’ve been lost had Jesus taken him up on it?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Do you see people as Jesus would see them or do you see them as a 'means to an end'?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | How do you respond when God closes a door? What if there is no 'Plan B'?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | I’ve always been challenged by the stark, jarring dialogue in the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Imagine, Jesus and the Devil face to face in verbal combat! I was reading through it again recently when, for the first time, I considered the content ... read on