Apply for a job, any job, and one of our first questions will be, “Have you ever committed a crime?”
Ouch, we think. Is that all it takes to defeat our attempts to improve ourselves? We’ve ...
If intent counted, every Christian would be walking in the perfection of the Lord. The more difficult path is standing in truth when reality gets in the way of our promises to God.
We kneel, feel ...
A century ago, there were few social or financial programs in America to ensure our old age. If the markets shifted under our feet, we fell through the broken shards that littered our path, and we ...
Social media has become a cultural phenomenon. Travel on public transportation and look at the faces up and down the seats. Earbuds, the glow of screens, and thumbs tapping away are the norm. We keep ...
What is wisdom? Is it the ability to choose between right and wrong? Or the skill to manipulate our finances to become wealthy among men? Perhaps it’s the proof that we’re smarter than the ...
It’s indisputable that Jesus lived.
From Roman records we can read of the events of Jesus’ time. The facts line up. The cruelty of the Roman overlords, the pedantry of the Jewish religious jihad ...
God desires to dwell with his people. It is the very reason he created us. We read of his intent in Isaiah 57:15:
“For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy; I ...
Buy a quart of orange juice sometime, the bottled variety. Be sure to select the version with extra pulp. Lots of extra pulp. Then let it sit chilled for a day in the fridge. Now pour some in a glass ...
It’s easy to want things too much.
Our church has 1000 members, but just down the road is one with 10,000. We glare each time we pass by and think, “What are we doing wrong?”
Or we raise ...
Being fixated on one thing isn’t good for us. If all we eat is ice cream, we’re not a healthy individual. There are nutrients we need we can only get from other foods.
How about television? ...
It’s easy to think God doesn’t notice what’s going on in our lives.
Our child yells insults at us, and we remember the day we dedicated her to the Lord. The home we felt God honored us with ...
Why a burnt offering? Why take a perfectly good sheep and roast it until it’s no longer good for anything except tossing to the side?
Exodus 29:15-18 talks of the burnt offering (different from ...
We are beings of material construction. Flesh, blood, and bone. We breathe in air, feel sensation across our skin, and are crushed with emotion. The things we maintain around us matter, because they ...