“ 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...

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...

This story has been bugging me: Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are t...

Oh my. God's using my cat to teach me a lesson again. Awkward. Our cat gets a healthy breakfast. Then she gets lunch at 1:30 or 2:00. (S...

I've had a few people in my life over the years that seemed to see me as a sugar daddy. Whatever they wanted, they told me about it and...

There are three lists of spiritual gifts in the New Testament. The list that gets most of the attention is the list of gifts from th...

Sometimes we fire blanks. Oh, we don't mean to. We think we are firing powerful weapons of war, kicking ass and taking names. ...

I’ve been reflecting on something interesting recently. I have some children, and now they have children. And of course, once upon a t...

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” That i...

I’m pretty careful about where my attention goes, and about how I handle my words. God’s instructions are pretty clear, and I’ve learned...

I’ve been struck by how much vitriol and, well, hatred that there is toward certain congressional leaders among Christians. I’m struck by ...

Conversation, even online conversation, is a useful tool for discovering what’s in the heart, discovering what you’ve begun to believe...

I have a friend, a young man, who was beaten as a child. I don't mean spanked. I mean beaten. When he made a mistake, and what you...

I grew up within driving distance of the ocean, and we made frequent trips. I love the pounding surf and the tide pools and the beaches an...

I have been meditating, unexpectedly, on Hebrews chapter 4 for a while, the second verse in particular. I was listening to it in The Messa...

A favorite activity among some (not many) Christians is fault-finding. When someone makes a positive comment about certain topics, the fault...

This is a serious question: If somebody is telling you a flat-out lie, and I report, “This is what they’re saying,” without describing it ...

Not long ago, we were talking about how discernment is becoming more important in the lives of believers. It’s my opinion that the western ...