Walking through a cemetery one early spring evening gave me pause to think. This particular spring had been a dry one, marked with very...

2 Corinthians 2:11 If I were satan and I needed to figure out what to do with a Christian nation that God has immensely blessed, then I...

Luke 11:46 Matthew 23:4 It is nice and pleasant to think that this word was given to some royally dressed priests who managed the...

1 Peter 4:3 What could be considered Idolatry? When I ask this question I must contrast it to adultery? What constitutes adultery in a...

Inside a new born baby lies a craving for something it needs to thrive.  Milk for a baby is more than just nutrition to grow.  It gleans...

My wife went into the gas station knowing her children, and with kind and loving intentions for them, she came out with a big ol slushee...

Learning lessons often isn't cut and dry.  I was nearly at my whit's end trying to unstop a sewer drain one day.  I was nearly to the...

I don't want to discover God's hidden truths for others.   It is easy for teachers to chase after the things that they think people want...

Matthew 13:31-32 The mustard seed is a good representation of our role in partnership with God to grow His kingdom.  Quite often we...

So much in life is a trade off.  Our careers in exchange for our families. The appearance of success, rather than a strong foundation. ...

2 Corinthians 3:16 2 Corinthians 4:4 A solar eclipse is an unusual thing. It is a thing many people might spend a lifetime and not see. ...

True gentleness is not weakness or lack of masculinity, it is in fact quite the opposite.  It is strength, power, and poise, marked with...

Luke 17:5-10 What is reverence?  I stand at a war memorial and look at names chiseled onto a wall.  I read name after name of men who...

Numbers 16:45,48 "Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them, but Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground."...

It was said once that the only real expectation in change in the institutional church is slowly over the course of much time.  If this is...

I wanted to buy 16 gallons of pickles, but my wife wouldn't let me.  I didn't hold it against her because I know my reasoning sounded...

There is a certain fear that Christians have about being labeled as self righteous.  The minute you start to speak about things that may...

What is the consolation at the funeral of a Christian?  So often I hear the spoken comfort being that we will see them again in heaven. ...

Long ago in a land far away and young man and his wife found themselves with a blessing that is natural and good.  This blessing was a...

What the consequences are for Christians who treat their faith as an accessory in their lives, rather than our identity. What does it...

Mark 7:6-9 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips,...

Job 12:5 "Those at ease have contempt for misfortune." This was true of Jobs friends. This was true of a rich young man who approached...

Luke 12:50 I have a baptism to endure. I wonder, at times if we have a perception of baptism that is a bit off.  I have a baptism to...

Consider the new military recruit.  Perhaps a young man fresh out of high school.  A young man like this might or might not have his head...