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Fish & Richardson and First Liberty filed a trademark licensing lawsuit against the U.S. government Tuesday in Texas Eastern District Court on behalf of Shields of Strength, a 'faith-based' seller of military-themed products. The complaint arises from Shields' line of replica 'dog tags' containing Bible verses. Shields contends that, despite the company's obtaining trademark licenses for its products as requested by the federal government, the Department of Defense sent the company cease-and-des …

There’s only one way to get your cup filled. And it’s the opposite of what the world and social media tell you all day long, every day.The only way to get your cup filled up is to pour out what you already have.You have something. I don’t care how little you have, you have something.You are not responsible for filling your cup. You are responsible for pouring out what you have. God does the filling.So, this whole idea that you cannot give from an empty vessel is a lie straight from the pit of he …

This is a good question, but it’s based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what humility is. Humility is not a pushover at all. It’s the furthest thing from it.Tolerance is a pushover. Tolerance is selfishness. Our world teaches tolerance, tolerance, tolerance -- because it’s selfish.If you love someone, you will only tolerate what is best for them. If it’s not best for them, you don’t want anything to do with it. So, you encourage them to change.Pride is a pushover; pride portrays all this s …

Listen, if someone is manipulating you, they are not going to be authentic. They are not going to be transparent.If someone is authentic and transparent, they are going to have a range of emotions. If they are upset, you are going to see they are upset. If they are happy, you are going to see they’re happy.. If they are sad, you are going to see they are sad. They are the same on the inside as they are on the outside.If someone is trying to manipulate you, they are trying to make you believe one …

After I did a video on denying yourself, I got a lot of direct messages from people asking me, “Should I deny myself my dream, my goal, my desire to prosper? Is it a sin to want those things?”I think there were a lot of good-hearted people asking questions like that.I say, no, it’s not wrong to want those things and pursue them. But, if our goals and our desire is selfish in nature, and we aren’t going to let God in to give that dream the meaning He intends for it to have, I don’t think we will …

I got this question in a direct message.I would like to think I would never give up on someone. I don’t think love ever gives up on someone; but I think love will give up on a relationship, as a last resort.If someone is living a selfish life and repeatedly hurting us; and we love them, then they are also wrecking their own life – probably, far more than they’re hurting us.Now, if they are physically hurting us, then we have to leave that relationship.Otherwise, if we love them, we are going to …

I believe that one of the most effective tricks Satan plays on Christians is to convince us that our sins aren't really forgiven.Psalm 103:12 says “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”One of Satan’s biggest tools is to constantly remind us of our past failures, and he uses those to make us think that God couldn't possibly forgive us. This can make it really hard for us to simply rest in the promises of God and trust His love.1 John 1:9: “If we c …

I am far from perfect and no one is, but two wrongs don't make a right.I am convinced that there are several forms of infidelity. I believe all terms of endearment should be sacred between couples, reserved only for each other.I’ve heard people joke, “Just because I’m on a diet doesn’t mean I can’t look at the menu!” That mentality refers to the idea that checking out someone is “harmless” as long as they look but don’t touch.The very act of looking and lusting objectifies others, creates insecu …

Living without grumbling or disputing (Phil 2:14) makes a person "blameless and innocent."Being blameless is a goal for believers, in general, and a goal, especially, for church leaders (1 Tim 3:2).Spiritually speaking, this is not a reference to sin or morality, but whether or not a person can be rightfully criticized by other people.The goal of not grumbling or disputing is not to boast, but rather to live in a way explicitly different from the depraved world we find ourselves in. All true bel …

Your broken heart can heal.You will be scarred, but the wound should heal.If you stay wounded for too long, it’s almost always for the same reason. Because somewhere in the healing process, in sorting everything out, you either became offended or you got stuck on one little thing and that thing became a broken record that plays over and over all day long every day in your head; and you won’t move past it.So, what happens? You end up every day living your life looking backwards. You end up conti …