Living Truth in A Lying World

Every year, a conference called Passion is held in Atlanta, Georgia.  This past January, I had to opportunity to go.  There were many different speakers who delivered the power of God's Word to around 50,000 young adults and their leaders.  One of the speakers was Louie Giglio.  When Louie was speaking, he announced that they would be giving away the new "Passion" translation Bible.  This translation was processed/worked through by a few present day, powerful theologians.  Followers of Jesus who have spent decades studying God's word. As they called the section number, the people in that section erupted.  They were so excited to receive this Bible.  It was a select group, receiving a "limited edition" Bible.  They were the only people in the world who received these Bibles.  At the end of his lesson, he announced to a stadium of more than 50,000 people, they are going to give everyone at the conference a copy of this Bible.  At that moment, the stadium exp

If there is one thing I have learned since college, it is that life goes by fast.  It is hard to believe that five years have past since college and nine years since high school.  To those who are older, five and nine years out may seem like nothing.  For me, since high school and college, a lot has happened.  I've been in two car accidents (none of them serious thankfully).  I've switched jobs a couple times.  I became a brother-in-law.  An uncle three times over.  I've bought a house.  I've had friends who have lost loved ones.  I myself have lost family and friends.  Just yesterday, I found out my step great grandmother passed away.  She was 104 years old.  To me, that is hard to even fathom.  Yet it all happens in the blink of an eye. Working with 5th - 8th grade, I learn a lot of the slang they use.  A few years ago, I would hear the term "YOLO" all over.  "YOLO" stands for "you only live once."  Kids would often use this to encourag