A Confidence You Can Have for the Church
There is a lot of speculation about the survival of the church (coming from both internal and external sources). People talk. And...
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When the Ground Gives Way
I don’t know your reaction to a video clip of a mud slide or an avalanche. But for me, it’s sheer horror! To have the ground upon which...
Reasoning and Remembering Isaiah’s Words
Please tell me you’re like this too, in that you have a list of people in the Bible you hope to chat with in our forever home with the...
Remembering the Law
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The...
Where the Lord Provides
We are walking our way through God’s Grand Story, recalling those things He has prepared. And we’re still in Genesis. But such blessings...
Pondering Prepared Minds
Ponder, it’s a good word. It’s one that lingers long in my thoughts, before it crosses the threshold of my lips. It means to consider...
Gathered in Instruction
We are always learning, aren't we? I often told my kids that they should learn something new every day. I still tell them, even now as...
Four L’s for the day . . . any day – but especially today
To settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit...
A Sure Thing
“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two...
Hard Stops
Have you ever seen a horse from this angle? I have! Do you know what causes it? You guessed it: hard stops. (Go ahead and chuckle. I know...
Trending Now
Welcome, friend, to a moment you’ve captured out of your busy day. Don’t feel guilty about it. Instead, take a deep breath. Clear your...
An Untossable Faith
I hadn’t been to the beach in years. Until, at long last, we took our first college tour. We were so close—we just had to make the detour...
Word Power for Use
"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name...
The Undeniable Cost of Faithfulness—A Lesson from the Prophet Jeremiah
It pricks your heart when you realize the depth of suffering the Lord’s servants endured. And yet, they remained faithful to delivering...
A Psalmistic Life
Life lessons—they’re those things learned from experience. The psalmists shared from their experience many valuable lessons for doing...
The Word Reflected
Sometimes a passage of Scripture acts as a mirror. And the glaring image reflecting back is a most familiar image of something I've seen...