Today is the day the Lord has made!
Do you ever shop at Aldi? With four small, seemingly always hungry kids at home, I sure do! One of my favorite things about Aldi are their eggs. Not only are they usually a great price, but on the inside of every carton there is a cheerful Bible verse: “This is the day the LORD […]
Listen to Jesus’ voice
Last summer my wife and I adopted a puppy named Huckleberry. Since bringing her home, the one thing that’s stood out to me the most is how our presence drastically impacts her behavior. She whimpers when she can’t leave the house with us. She joyfully leaps into the air when we come home and kisses […]
The most important thing about you
The theologian A. W. Tozer famously said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us” (The Knowledge of the Holy). He’s right. What you think about God is the most important thing, because what you think about God can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In high school, […]
Four reasons we need each other
Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? That’s not necessarily a bad question. Our heavenly Father has no grandchildren. You can’t be a believer by association. Yet nowhere does the Bible say, “You must have a personal relationship with Jesus.” Instead, when Scripture talks about faith, it says that you are entering a family […]
Grace AND peace!
Christians love the words grace and peace. Those two words are laced through the Bible, peppered into prayers, and bound up in the benediction that ends many church services: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward […]
Jesus’ love makes life sweet
Have you ever tried to make a cake with small children? While it’s fun, it’s also a messy endeavor, and there’s no guaranteeing your final result will be edible. I remembered this recently when baking with two of my kids. My three-year-old is okay at listening to directions—but my one-year-old is not! Regardless, we decided […]
Your pain has a purpose
I recently read The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis, and it shattered some of my old ways of thinking about life’s troubles. If you’re anything like me and have thought, “God, why are you doing this to me?!” when faced with hardship, this book is for you! Though I don’t share all of […]
Naked & no shame
It is the kind of verse that makes children snicker. Or it makes groomsmen giggle. Maturity doesn’t always accompany age. “Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame” (Genesis 2:25). This seems like a strange and unnecessary detail, especially at the beginning and most fundamental section of Scripture. So what’s going […]