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Understanding the Full Scope of Your Calling
In a long, extended sentence, Paul demonstrated how to pray for other believers (Eph 1:15-21). First, he thanked God for those believers who came to mind. He did this “continually,” which means that...
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God’s Pressure Cooker
Practical Help from 2 Corinthians 4:7–18 As a child, I well remember the sound of a whistle blowing to indicate that dinner was almost ready. It was the release valve on one of my mom’s favorite...
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Why Am I in the Wilderness?
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent...
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Come and Dine
Recently I read a blog post that drew me to an old song we sang in the youth group many years ago. I can almost hear Youth Pastor Don Nelson fingerpicking the melody as the group would sing…”’Come and...
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4 Lessons I’ve Learned Through Sickness.
Last week on social media author Carey Nieuwhof asked a simple question: “What’s your biggest leadership challenge right now?” Lying in my hospital bed I laughed and said to myself, “Funny you should...
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Spiritual Dryness: Am I Hungry for the Wrong Food?
“Oh Lord, what is wrong with me?” future missionary Isobel Kuhn prayed. “Why can’t I sense Your Presence now as I have lately? Why has the Bible become dry?” Have you been there? You dutifully read...
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God’s Grace in the Past, Present, and Future
At some point in life, many people pause to evaluate their physical health and fitness. This personal checkpoint occurs sooner for some and later for others. If we’re wise, we look for a diet,...
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Putting Yourself in Your Place
People sometimes wonder how we can relate to characters and stories in the Bible since we’re separated from them by time and culture. However, although the circumstances are different, the people...
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New Year’s Reading on the Book of Psalms
The new year is here, with a golden opportunity to read more and better in the months ahead. Maybe you were given money for books for Christmas. Wonderful! There’s little that I enjoy more than...
View ArticleWhat Is Sanctification?
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21 The Bible tells us that...
View ArticleCriticism Can Be a Blessing
I didn’t hear about the first writing conference I attended until shortly before it began. As I scrambled to prepare for it, I emailed the director to ask if I could still send in a manuscript sample...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on Reading
In his classic work, “How to Read a Book,” Mortimer Adler writes, “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.” In...
View ArticleGambling and My Neighbor
Certainly, not every branch of Christianity takes a dim view of gambling, but some have. I belong to a segment of Christendom that has historically opposed gambling. Here, I simply want to offer a...
View ArticleTrain Your Brain
There are lies we believe that derail us from who God wants us to be. Satan is the father of lies. He not only wants us to believe lies but wants to defeat our Christian lives with those lies so that...
View ArticleGrace in Afflictions
I have been meditating for several weeks on 2 Cor. 4:15-18. The expression “light affliction” has been returning to my mind as I deal with daily, nagging physical conditions that are burdensome and...
View ArticleWhat Are You Stirred Up About?
It’s easy to get whipped into anger and indignation these days. With social media, we hear people’s conflicting opinions more than we used to. News outlets keep the injustices of the world constantly...
View Article“The Tour”
Hello. How good of You to come and see my humble dwelling. (Yes, I think You’ll find unique’s the word.) It suits me to a T. And it’s a source of pride (the humble kind). And did I say it looks brand...
View ArticleThe Working Clothes of Love (2)
In his letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul was constrained to speak on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how they are to be ministered under the operation of love. That being so, it became...
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From Infancy to Maturity in the Christian Life
Imagine a grown man intentionally acting like a baby, wearing diapers and crying like an infant. Some people actually do. In reading the news about a situation with this behavior, I learned a new term:...
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