Thank God for Mercy!

1 Timothy 1:2:17 The two letters to Timothy found in the New Testament were composed by the Apostle Paul and directed at Timothy, his young protégé and “son in the faith”. When Paul meets Timothy, he’s little more than a teenager, a young man raised as a follower of...

Get Honest!

Psalm 32 Psalm 32, a psalm written by David, opens with this… “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lives in complete honesty!” Let me...

And You Healed Me

Psalm 30:1-2 “O LORD my God, I cried out to You and You Healed me.” A little over 13 years ago that verse served as the foundation on which the One Step Ministry was built. The first time I ever read it I was so moved. It was my story wrapped up in one sentence. My...

Is God Fair?

Ezekiel 33:12-20 If you’ve ever struggled with an ongoing, life-consuming sin I’m willing to bet that at some point during that awful season, you blamed God, right? If God is as loving and kind and merciful as we’re led to believe, why is my life a non-stop dumpster...

I’ve Fallen and I CAN Get Up!

Ephesians 2:1-10 One of the most challenging aspects of the ministry work that I do is trying to convince people that there is no way that they can live a life rejected by Jesus. If there’s any rejecting going on, it’s on our part and it typically comes about when we...