Dillon with Jesus

Send us Fan Mail My friend, and former worship pastor, Dr. Bryan McDonald and I discuss what it means to be a worship pastor. He shares his journey from being called into ministry, to serving as a professor at Shorter University teaching music and worship. We also discuss many of his experiences serving at a church as a worship pastor, and his approach on everything from choosing songs, to shepher...

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Send us Fan Mail This lesson was good for Fredo, and it’s good for us. Don’t take sides against your own family. Whether it’s your fellow man,  or your brother in Christ, we cannot bless God and curse those around us. This is especially true for the church, where we are called to build one another up in the most holy faith. There are enough people willing to run one another down, or put folks on b...

Send us Fan Mail How can we balance mercy and Justice? A great place to look for an example is the cross. God’s justice demanded death as the penalty for our sin, but His love for us was demonstrated upon the cross while we were still sinners, as God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself! He made him who knew no sin, to be sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God. Please like...

Send us Fan Mail We are called to worship in Spirit and in Truth, but many lean more one of those ways than the other. The Samaritan woman was given a master class by Jesus, that worship that pleases the Father begins with knowing Jesus. The sacrifices of the old covenant have been replaced with the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! I make a practical distinction between a Lord’s D...

Send us Fan Mail God is not the author of confusion, yet nothing can be more confusing for a child of God than someone telling them God is not their father. Many have given themselves the ministry of Paternity testing God’s children, disowning them as part of the family, like some twisted Jerry Springer episode where DNA tests reveal the child doesn’t belong to the man who thought he was the fathe...

Send us Fan Mail The public victory always gets the attention, but it is the private battles that must be won that always precede the pedestal. Jesus teaches us to pray when others sleep. To wage war and win in the garden of Gethsemane, before conquering Golgotha. We can’t imagine the weight of crucifixion, but also unimaginable is the weight of the curse of sin, and wrath of a Holy God that was g...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 8 is powerful and rich, not only in its proclamation that there is no condemnation for those in Christ, but also in comparing the Spirit of fear to the Spirit of Christ! We are in Christ, and the Spirit of Christ is in us. There is no reason to fear, for we are in Christ, and being led by the Spirit. He leads us into war against sin. He leads us to testify of Christ! Finall...

Send us Fan Mail 5 common traps for Christians to avoid: 1 exclusion, 2 manipulation, 3 distraction, 4 wrong kingdom building, 5 solo spirituality 1. Exclusion- of those not as spiritual as you are. If you're not with us you're against us. God has spoken to us. Not you. Obviously. 2. Leaders who demand more of you than Jesus does. They own you. They control you. They take your freedom. M...

Send us Fan Mail The truth of the little song from Bible school is big!  Abraham established more than a covenant with God, but the foundation of righteousness being imputed on the basis of faith! Faith in who Jesus is, what He has done, and what He has promised is what saves us. In particular it is faith in the Son of God, who was born of a virgin, born under the law, yet never sinned, died upon...

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to be a child of God? Mor than I can say, but at least it means you have received Christ, and are being led by His spirit! You are letting the word of God, and Spirit of God, shape you into the image of Christ, in This we seek to please our Heavenly Father, not to make Him Love us, but to bring glory to His name! Please like, subscribe, and share!

Send us Fan Mail Neither do I condemn you Go and sin no more So many have forgotten What the cross was for With stones ready to throw The righteous gather round The holy law they claim to know  Says kill the sinner now But, on the other hand... The false prophets, they lie No condemnation is their stand No one ever has to die But grace, and truth, in love  Means Jesus died for me It was for my sin...

Send us Fan Mail For many, Church is a hard place to go because of real hurt and real confusion from the past. For others, it’s just not easy to risk being judged while putting yourself out there, trying a new place. A place where everyone knows each other, but not you. In this one, I encourage folks to think of the church as a Hailey’s. Please like, subscribe, and share!

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 will be filled with very short episodes… Conflict comes from our desires, and motivations, but how do we escape the cycle of what comes next? Forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration are the only ways forward, but these are easier said than done. Don’t let yourself get stuck in the was rinse repeat cycle of a conflict, you have to try to move on. As always, Jesus is t...

Send us Fan Mail 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, whe...

Send us Fan Mail We must pray for God to open our eyes! There are more on the Lord’s side, than on the side of the enemy! It’s no time to shrink back, or partner with evil, but to hold fast to our confession, that Jesus is the Christ, Son of the living God! He said upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it! Speak the truth. Shine the light. Expose th...

Send us Fan Mail Naaman of Syria had two diseases. One was leprosy. The other one was pride. Thankfully, a servant girl had enough faith to share with him that the prophet in Israel, Elisha, could heal him. However, the way God chose to heal him meant he had to be humble, and submit to the instructions God had given. Like Naaman, we all have a disease we cannot overcome in our own power. All have...

Send us Fan Mail I bought a can of clear marking paint, by mistake, and tried to mark utilities with it. It obviously was a waste of time. Marking paint should not be invisible, and neither should Christ followers. Ironically, our words must be clear, and not vague. We must communicate the gospel with clarity. We must share what God says about sin, and also what He says about Grace. These are bold...

Send us Fan Mail We need to ask when others are teaching, is this from God, and His word, or from man? We need to ask when we are teaching, am I submitted to the Authority of God, and His word? Or am I submitted to the opinions of of men? Are we more scared of offending someone with truth, than we are scared of offending the God who is Truth? We must not limit the word of God to salvation, but let...

Send us Fan Mail A prayer for Charlie Kirk’s family… 2 Corinthians 1:3-4   "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles".  Lord you are the giver of life! Your word teaches us that every life is precious, and that you knew us while we were in our mother’s womb. You knit us together, and...

Send us Fan Mail Say Charlie Kirk or I’ll quit my church? In the wake of the assassination, some Christian leaders have instructed Christians to quit their church if this tragedy is not addressed. I disagree with that advice, but also give the biblical view on why it is appropriate to mention his name when we gather. As always, Jesus is the name above all names, and I am thankful for the witness o...

Send us Fan Mail The gospel is the good news, and we must tell it! We are forgiven, so we must forgive. We are loved, and we should show that love. We are not cups, to hold the grace we have been given, but conduits. Our church was given 2,000lbs of bacon. Thankfully, it wasn’t stockpiled and hoarded, but shared with our community! The gospel is like a ton of bacon, it’s more than you need to keep...

Send us Fan Mail The only way to avoid criticism is to do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. That quote from Aristotle is true everywhere. Sadly, this includes the church. We must be able to discern between those who love us, and are giving constructive criticism, and those who are trying to hurt us. I share some of my story, where I have let the critics win. I also share about how God’s word c...

Send us Fan Mail What is “believer’s baptism? I summarize the four components, to repent, to believe, to commit, and to have a clean conscience before God. Repentence is commanded, and it is turning from our sin, to our Savior. We must believe in the virgin birth, holy life, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and promised return of Christ.  In discipleship, we follow Jesus’s example, and inst...

Send us Fan Mail It’s easy to lose focus. We can go down theological trails and into rabbit holes that distract us from the heart of the matter. Jesus crystallizes His mission, as seeking and saving the lost. He says that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name. Paul said Jesus came to save sinners. That while we were yet sinners, Jesus died for us. Jesus taught us to ask...