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When we lose something and can't find it, we generally replace it with something new. We live in a throw-away society. But how does God handle lost things? Or, more importantly, how does he handle lost people? Who have lost their way or lost hope? Thankfully … he doesn’t throw us away. Nor does he replace us with something new. Instead, he offers us the chance to be made new.Watch more videos at the Mountainview YouTube channel. Looking for a Speaking Coach? The most successful people are not always the smartest people. But they have one thing in common: they communicate well. I'd love to help you become a better communicator. Click here. Professor at Warner University church planter with Stadia former former president, Church Planters of the Rockies helped start 2 for-profit tech companies Need a Speaker or Presenter? Interested in having me speak for your church, conference, or…

In 2018, Uber released their annual Lost and Found Index of things left behind in their cars. Not surprisingly, the most common items were phones, wallets, and keys. They also found a flat-screen TV, a love letter from a boyfriend in jail, someone's tax returns, and a cat carrier. There was no word on whether the cat carrier was empty. While finding a love letter from an imprisoned boyfriend might be unusual and surprising, what isn't surprising is when Uber identified the most likely time period when someone might lose something: Between 10 pm and 2 am. When I was in high school, my father used to tell me, "Nothing good happens after midnight." In our modern American culture, when we lose something and can't find it, we generally replace it with something new. In fact, we might not even look all that hard to find it. We've been called…

I’m not sure how many times I’ve missed the right answer because I was asking the wrong question. Even if you get the right answer to the wrong question - it's still the wrong question. Here's what I've learned: to make forward progress in any area of life (marriage, business, faith) requires us to ask the right questions. As you would imagine, people asked Jesus all kinds of questions. In fact, much of his teaching is not of the presorted, canned variety; it's in response to someone's question. In today’s passage, an expert in Jewish law asks Jesus a really good question: how can a person have a right relationship with God? The expert answers correctly. It boils down to two things: Love God and love your neighbor. Let’s pick up the story in Luke 10:28-29 … 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”…