Let's start with some backstory. A few years back, some friends of mine began teaching a new doctrine (well, new to me, anyway) that of...

 I found myself thinking about the Judgment of our works that Revelation chapter 20 talks about. I refer to this as big-screen day. I don...

Some of the lights in the living room stopped working suddenly. Testing showed they had no power to them. No circuit breakers were tripped. ...

“ Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.” [Amos 3:7] I woke up with this on my mind re...

I felt like I was being schooled as I drove across town.  The guy on the podcast was talking about the Jesus Revolution movie and the Jesus...

The Bible contains lies. It says so.  Let me back up. I’ve just finished the book of Job. That’s a hard read, for me, anyway. The book has s...

The traditional view of repentance, particularly popular in Fundamentalist and Pentecostal circles, is the view that understands that repent...

My prayers have changed. I feel the need to reflect on those changes. I guess that's pretty normal, for us to pray differently over tim...

Here’s a thing that happens among men, particularly among strong men, good men. Men of honor. Consider with me.  (Caution: all kinds of PC t...

Kids do stuff. They discover. They play. They have chores to do. I've been watching some kids grow up over the years. Some of them have ...

 Each of my children in turn has brought someone home to meet the family. In every case, they were wonderful people. In every case it was an...

For some time, I’ve been praying some pretty significant prayers about somebody close to me. There were some changes that I thought would be...

I learned an interesting lesson from my chickens some time ago, from their pecking order. And then I realized something new about them just ...

I have run into hundreds of Christians who maintain the view that if something happens in their life, it must be God’s will. They completely...

This was an interesting line of thinking. Let me know what you think of it. I was reflecting about prayer. I pray for a lot of things. But I...

Last fall, I had a revelation about my garden, and it ’ s impacting how I prepare for this spring ’ s planting. I was wandering through my g...