Connect the dots
When you were a sophomore in high school, do you think you had the maturity and wisdom to rule a country? I sure didn’t….
This faith of ours
This faith of ours is a warm hug from Jesus. It is a gift of his Holy Spirit that enables us to embrace God…
Pray for the persecuted church
According to Open Doors USA, an organization that tracks Christian persecution around our planet, 245 million believers face threats, violence, and death every day…
No creepy stuff allowed
My mom made everything a celebration growing up. I remember putting up decorations for several holidays a year, including Halloween. Until one year, when…
Parental torment
It always tore me up inside to see my children sick, especially when they were small. Feeling their little foreheads burning with fever, cheeks…
The victory fosters peace
Friends of Jesus in every generation, peace be with you. What Jesus did two thousand years ago is still bringing peace because it turns…
Wretched. Rescued.
John Newton knew something about guilt. It shackled his heart. And young John had seen plenty of shackles as the captain of a slave…
A-Z grace
“God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal…
Love compels us
Back in the early 1700s, a rich and powerful man named Nikolas saw a painting that changed his life. As a 19-year-old, he visited…
Evidence of the Spirit: Self-control
Comedian Jim Carrey has a line I love. He’s about to go crazy, and then he hollers out with a smirk, “Sssomebody ssstop me!”…
A long obedience
“Fat” is a label that many of us put on ourselves without having any help from the peanut gallery of body-shamers. We can’t hide…
Father of grace
A few years ago, I heard a pastor and his son speak at a men’s conference. The son told the story of when he…