In our fear of not being relevant to our culture, we Christians have purposely dropped the use of several biblical words. Instead of teaching a clear understanding […]
When God created us human beings, He did not use a cookie cutter. We’re all different. That means that some of us are stronger than others — […]
I’m one of those people who grew up poor but didn’t know it. One thing that pointed to my family’s limited resources was the few choices available […]
Popular “sayings” become popular because they can help us understand a point more clearly. Take, for example, the saying, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but […]
One of the most popular quotes in Chistendom originates from theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer … “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” It’s a […]
If you really want to live your life to the full, there will be a lot of risks to take. That’s God’s idea! We so often want […]
It doesn’t take a relentless enemy — and Satan is relentless! — to cause you or I to stumble, it just takes us. Even as children of […]
Is it possible to run out of “good”? That sounds like a silly question, but it happens to be a real fear of many people. In 1980, […]
There’s a lot to learn from the Bible. Just when we think we’ve figured out a particular passage of scripture, we come back through it and learn […]
Sitting at a corner table at a Starbucks, I was enjoying the free-flowing conversation with a local pastor I was spending time with to get to know […]