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How to Control Your FOMO Once and for All
FOMO (the “fear of missing out”) is a real thing, and it’s more intense than ever. We’re afraid we’ll miss […]
Four Practical Lessons from Job’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Have you ever had a day that goes something like this: You are trying to leave for work and the […]
Your Marriage May Be Falling Apart
t I remember very clearly the day God showed me an important truth about my relationship with him. I’m either actively […]
How to be Content in Three Acts (#2 of 3)
Act II: A Gift From God You Don’t Want (Numbers 11:4-20) In Act I we defined covetousness in four parts. Covetousness […]
How to be Content in Three Acts (#1 of 3)
First Timothy 6:6-10 says, ”But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing […]
From Worrier to Warrior
My imagination ran wild…What if my friends or the kids got too close to the edge? What would happen then? And how far down was it?
Tips From the Must Have Parenting Handbook
Dr. Spock. Neuropsychology. Behavior modification. Brain science. Energy profiling (huh??). With the plethora of books, blogs, and methods on parenting […]
Complicated Yet So Simple
CGenesis 1:1 says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. We often read the familiarity of […]
Static In Our Lives
I hate static. Not like the kind that makes your clothes cling to you. I’m talking about static on the […]
The Real Truth About Real Men
There are countless voices in our culture ringing through the air with definitions of what men should be like in […]
Your Truth or My Truth?
In people’s lives, there must come a time when they decide for themselves what they really believe. Because I grew […]
If It Feels Right, Do It?
“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which […]
To Each His Own?
“That may be true for you, but it’s not true for me.” Has anyone ever said this to you in […]
“Just follow your heart.”
Every time I see that phrase tweeted or represented in a pretty meme of some kind, I want to yell, […]
Deliverer From the Enemy
John Paton (1824—1907), missionary to the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific, was on one occasion surrounded by a […]
I Never Dreamed
“I never dreamed” when I was a teen that my lifelong best friend would be murdered while sleeping in bed. […]
The Evil in This World
The most formidable problem against Christianity isn’t whether or not God exists, but rather, if he does exist, why he […]
Saved to Serve
In people’s lives, there must come a time when they decide for themselves what they really believe. Because I grew […]
Letter to the Class of 2019
Dear high school graduate, I see your smiling face, your parents’ arms thrown around you, hugging you tightly, and I […]
Invitation to Life
All it took was an invitation. An invitation to go to the church around the corner. My family had just […]
Prayer Doesn’t Fix Everything, But It Changes Everything
I’ve been a praying person for much of my life. Has it worked? Has it fixed me entirely? Apparently not, because I […]
Resurrection: The Burden of Proof
The conception and rise of Christianity in the first century was due to the resurrection of Jesus, and so profoundly […]
Crucifixion: His Agony, the World’s Redemption
“Jesus died on a cross.” We should not be able to utter that without an utterly overwhelming shudder of awe, […]
Thoughts, Habits, and a Changed Life
Your life is driven by your thoughts and habits, so let God transform them them today.
When Things Fall Apart
Sometimes, everything around you seems to be falling apart. The markets are down and retirement looks bleak… You can’t seem […]
Say It Isn’t So…
Last week’s revelation that fifty people had been charged in scams to get their kids into colleges illegally did not […]