Celebrating Victory in Christ When you think of victory in Christ, what comes to mind? For many of us, we think of victory over death. Eternal life with God. New bodies. No sin or even the presence of temptation. But did you know your eternal life has...
Exercise Your Faith Muscles Exercise and I have a tenuous relationship at best. I want to work out, but several discs in my lower back limit what I can do. Now I could say that since I can’t do most types of exercise, there’s no point in trying. I am what I am,...
The Role of Government and the King Who Rules Summer is over and the season of pumpkin-flavored everything is upon us. With the passing of summer, we’ve also moved beyond the Republican and Democratic political conventions as the 2024 presidential election...
Biblical Wisdom in Engaging Culture Are you a dolphin or a jellyfish? Even the most casual observation of our culture today reveals lies repeated until the majority accepts them as truth. Right and wrong have become relevant terms dependent on individual...
What Makes Your Identity Special? Identity is a hot topic lately. Who are you? What are you? And the hottest identity topic of all these days is related to human sexuality and gender. When we meet someone new, one of the first questions we ask is their name....
To Work or Not to Work? The Labor Day holiday weekend is coming. Ironically, it’s a holiday we celebrate by avoiding what we’re celebrating. We celebrate labor by not working. The celebration of this holiday reminds us there’s a time to work…and a time not to...
“What If” or “Even If”? Why is it easier to focus on the negative? On every fear-inducing “what if”? Yes, the world can be a scary place . . . and it shows no sign of improving. Of course, it doesn’t help that my default reaction is to ask, What if things get...
Who Is El Elyon and Why Should We Care? The more I read and listen to news reports of current events, the more my head hurts. Truly. Watching a world in which truth is manipulated to mean whatever you want it to mean can bring on a roaring headache . . . and...
How Do You Respond to Adversity? There’s something refined about a tea party, isn’t there? Perhaps we enjoy tea parties because they help us push pause in our crazy, schedule-driven lives. We wait for the water to boil, the tea bag to steep, and our stress...
Planting and Growing in God’s Garden Confession time: I’ve killed more plants than I’ve actually grown. Because of my failings, I’m especially drawn to passages in Scripture that describe God as a Gardener or Vinedresser. For example, in Isaiah 5, God is...
The Danger of Shortcuts As the new year stretches before us, once again I’m looking for shortcuts to make life...
Embrace What God Allows I almost titled this post, “Embrace the Unembraceable.” When I landed on embrace as my...
The Dreaded Christmas Letdown Christmas is my favorite holiday. Even as I continue to adjust to missing my...