Travis Agnew's Blog, page 40

Don’t Waste Your College Experience

Many students waste their college experience on unhelpful pursuits. If you want to get the most out of this time, you must start by focusing on the essentials.

Treating Prayer Like Your Phone

Our phones give us constant access to anyone or anything at any time, and they often distract us from the people around us. We are so prone to checking our phones throughout the day, but what if we treated the opportunity of prayer like that?

Family Ministry Considerations

We organize our next-generation ministries under one umbrella because we do not want to silo individual efforts away from others. While some of our approaches vary due to the ages, the overall strategy is the same and unified.

Decreasing Debt

Dissatisfaction leads to unnecessary purchases and increasing debt. Discover God’s principles for decreasing debt and living in financial freedom.

No Amount of Stuff Will Ever Satisfy

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 – We can experience pleasures, obtain possessions, and intensify pursuits, and still feel empty inside. Even if we have all this world tries to offer, we will not find satisfaction here.

Jesus Didn’t Build the Church on Our Opinions

You can be sincere in your beliefs about God and still be sincerely wrong. If your thoughts about God don't match His revelation about Himself, then you are misguided.

What to Do with That Selfish Person in Your Life

We all know the cringeworthy moments that can happen when a selfish person lacks self-awareness and says and does things that cause others pain. It is difficult to know how to help them redirect their attention away from themselves, but we must try.

Sermon Series Considerations

A pastor must think through many factors when committing to a sermon series. Consider these six items before you select your next series or annual plan.

Jesus Didn’t Flinch

Jesus' sacrifice would be amazing if He had gone through it while unprepared, but the amazing thing is that He knew about it and didn't run from it. Jesus didn't flinch when it came to securing our redemption.

Why Life Often Seems Pointless

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 – Even when King Solomon had everything, he felt it was all for nothing. No matter how personally successful you are, you will reach a place where you question the meaning of life’s pursuits.