Living My Faith
I believe in Jesus as my Savior! So, now what? Learn more about how you’re completely changed through the work of Jesus and what that means for your everyday life.
Behind the tongue
Words are extremely powerful things. Nations have rallied together because of a single speech. Top-level leaders of huge companies have fallen because of what…
Creation’s curse
Your parents took a chance every Christmas. When they took your wish list to Toys ‘R Us and went into debt for your seasonal…
The truth test
I’d like you to take this little test about truth. The answers are below, but don’t peek now. T or F Truth is truth…
Balance sheets and resumes
How can you tell if people think of themselves as successful? Look at what’s on their resume: educational attainments, advanced degrees and certifications, positions…
Watch your mouth
I’m a big fan of words and talking with both people I know and people I’m about to know. This is a positive because…
Can people change?
I ask couples in premarriage counseling this question: “Who do you want to marry: the person you are marrying or the person you hope…
What are you filling up on?
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you didn’t surprise yourself? You know, those moments when something comes out of your mouth that catches even you…
Wish not
On several occasions Jesus instructed people on the issue of worry. “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself” (Matthew 6:34)….
Exercise your faith!
Every year around this time of year, people come out of their food- and Christmas celebration-induced haze and realize their pants don’t fit quite…
God’s heart hurts when we suffer
It is one of the painful aspects of parenthood that sometimes we have to stand by and let our children struggle. We instinctively want…
Called by name
I did this thing in the classroom if I couldn’t remember a young man’s name. I would just call him Maynard. I called one…
Pray the name
When I was a kid, I learned a way to pray called the A.C.T.S. Method. It stood for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication (asking…