1. God doesn’t show you all his cards all the time. • Consider Job. Hell smacked Job around really hard, and Job complained that God had don...

I was working my way through the Book of Acts recently, and Philip really caught my attention. Philip is awesome! Then Philip went down...

Jesus was pretty well known for obtuse answers to simple questions. People were regularly befuddled when he answered their questions. We cou...

I recently stumbled over yet another place where Jesus sets up the literalists for failure. It seems he did that a number of times. One time...

 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...

 In John 7, there’s an interesting interaction between Jesus and his brothers: Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave Galilee and go t...

I like my coffee strong. A couple of times a week, I make a very large pot of “cold brew fork coffee.” One pot will last me a couple of day...

There's an uncomfortable truth about the human species: Ain't a single one of us that's perfect. Well, except the Creator God wh...

I was talking with God about Exodus 33, one of my favorite conversations in the Old Testament. And if I’m honest, sometimes one of the most ...

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...

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...

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...