“Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for...

do we disregard what God says about our circumstances, about our relationships, about what is wise or foolish, thinking we know better?

"Your wrongdoings have kept these away; your sins have deprived you of good.” Jeremiah 5:25 the consequences of our sins are cosmological

Whether we think that we ourselves determine our destiny, there is an underlying habit in this generation to discredit the hand of God in it

Last Friday, Lori reminded me we were celebrating an anniversary. “Really, what’s that?” It was our 1-year anniversary of retirement...

Glory sounds awesome, but what is it? In trying to get it when do we end up the opposite, becoming disgraced?

why is distracted driving such a concern? The answer is it can be deadly. The way we lead our lives can be caught up in distractions.

Sure, we contribute. The God Who gave us these temporary lives, as act one in soul's eternity, is looking to see to what we would commit.

Truth seems a rare commodity. It takes preparation to receive it, and then it requires work – thought and study – to make it productive

We develop preferences. I heard a counselor say they are discovering that much of our personalities are already formed at birth; what is...

Sometimes we long for something new. Suffering in sadness of lost loved ones, or stuck in painful patterns in our relationships, slogging...

All the Bible is a letter from God to you, written to future generations, recorded and kept over the centuries to be found by you

The ONLY thing that can make a person holy is the power and presence of Almighty God. Anything we do is merely preparation.

You want to know the real mystery in this life?

What do you find your mind going back to whenever you lose focus? What becomes the basis for your decisions, your anxieties, your pleasures?

What keeps us from receiving God’s grace?

Melito, Bishop of Sardis 2nd century AD

If we think of people who’ve made a positive impact in our lives, I wonder how much is because they exhibited grace, had grace to give?

So many times, we are hit with just another example of the opposite: where we are unwanted.

Know that when you follow Jesus, the most important choice in this short life and the never-ending one to come, you are chosen