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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The Gospel’s Slaying Power
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to...
The Struggle is Real
Have you ever wrestled with something so hard, that it leaves you completely spent? While I’ve never been strapped into a straitjacket...
Responses to Unseen Obstacles
Have you ever had a significant task at hand, but you suddenly hit an obstacle? Try as you might, you just couldn’t seem to make any...
Moving From Craving to Satisfied
The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!” Moses...
What to Remember and What Not to Forget—Lessons from Egypt, Part I
Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from...
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...
Recognizing real bears – and learning to not feed them
It had long been his dream to have a pet bear. When he came into his own, he figured his chance had come at last. He trained that cub...
Underestimating God
Realization pierced the thick fog—permitting light to stream and flood. This realization came about by asking myself one simple question,...
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...
Car parts and faith and what one has to do with the other
Headlights—they come in varying degrees of brightness and hues these days. Whether they’re coming at you dead-on or glaring from the...
When conviction gets hijacked
Where the Spirit is, there is . . . conviction. Humbling conviction. Transformative conviction. Empowering conviction. And, boy, did I...