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...

 Papa took me to school the other day. I was driving somewhere or the other, minding my own business chugging down the freeway on cruise con...

I’ve found myself coming back over and over to Jesus’ conversation with Nick at night in John 3. I have realized something new about Nick’s ...

“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast [the influence] of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” The religious spirit an...

There are various types of covenants that could define relationship between people. Some are covenants among equals (such as a marriage co...

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

Whose Holiday Is It Anyway? Point One: Plunder. When you conquer an enemy, the enemy’s property becomes your property. Plunder has...

In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus is describing some of the ways that his family is to be different than how the world does things. In the middle...

God offered, “You [ Israel ] will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:6) God offered a covenant of equals: you an...

When we don’t question our beliefs, when we just accept what others have told us (whether from a pulpit, from a seminary, or from a publica...

Have you ever woken up with a song floating through the fog in your mind? Sometimes I think that’s just an echo of a dream or a memory, par...

It’s Christmas Eve. My home is filled with laughing children. My son is making something wonderful in the kitchen. My wife has forbidden ...

Recently, a friend asked me, “Are we still required to pray for the peace of Jerusalem?” (as Psalm 122:6 says). I stopped to think about th...

We preach it in church. We teach it in Bible School : God has progressively revealed more of who he is and how he works as history has pro...

We confuse two very different thoughts, and I wonder if maybe we do this fairly often: We begin with "I don't see it that way,...

This is quite a season we’re in with God. We’re seeing new freedom, new understanding of his ways, new revelation. The kingdom is making pre...

Maybe you’ve had this experience. You’re praying, usually praying protection, for someone – perhaps ourselves, more often we’re praying for...

I grew up in the church. Later, I met Jesus in another church during the Jesus People revolution. That was far more interesting than regula...

I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that I’m adopted. I was adopted by my Father at a very young age. I love my Father. He’s the best Dad in ...