It’s a stunning promise: 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you......
01 November, 2026
It will go down as one of the great moments in MLB playoff history. Game 4 of the 2026 National League Division Series. The San Diego Padres were on the brink of elimination at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers. Bottom of the 8th, the......
25 October, 2026
When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, your salvation was immediate and complete. Salvation’s impact is also eternal: it has a past, present and future impact. In the first two parts of our series, we looked at salvation past and present: Today,......
18 October, 2026
As we said last week, salvation was fulfilled on the cross of Christ and is complete, but its impact is eternal. As a result, being saved doesn’t mean we immediately become perfect. God continues working in us. As Oswald Chambers put it: What the New......
11 October, 2026
Have you found salvation? When someone asks you that, they are usually asking if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Have you allowed Christ into your life? Yes, that is being saved, and Jesus’ work on the cross was complete and......
04 October, 2026
The book of Esther may be one of the most misunderstood and sanitized books of the Bible. The story is a Sunday school staple: Xerxes, King of the Persian Empire, is angered by his wife’s disobedience and holds a “beauty pageant” to find a new......
27 September, 2026
It turns out that you can learn a lot from a 30-year-old TV show about containing a deadly contagion. I recently watched an episode of “Touched by an Angel” where Monica was infected with this contagion. Being an angel, not human, it hit her especially......
20 September, 2026
Ten years ago, I sat in the office of a pastor whom I barely knew and shared with him things I had done wrong that had left my life in crisis mode. I had been forgiven by others for these things, but I could not......
13 September, 2026
Millions of social media users in the last week have been answering a question no one on earth should be answering. In fact, it is a question no one should be asking: Is Dolly Parton in heaven or hell? Many commenters point to the extensive......
06 September, 2026
Even casual baseball fans know the answer to this question: how long was Joe DiMaggio’s record-setting hit streak? It was 85 years ago this summer that DiMaggio hit safely in 56 consecutive games. No one has come close to reaching that mark in the past......
30 August, 2026
Have you ever heard someone say something to the effect of: “Geez, just when you think you know a person?” We often think we know someone better than we do. It’s a mistake we have made in ministry more than once. So, what is the......
23 August, 2026
Do you know what a thought bubble is? It’s a device often used in comic strips where the reader can see what someone is thinking, usually when they are saying something very different to the person to whom they are speaking. The truth is, we......
16 August, 2026
Andy Griffith asked, “What are you hungry for when you don’t know what you’re hungry for. The answer, of course, was Ritz Crackers. I was reminded of that campaign after watching an Instagram video by Pastor Brian Trent. He asked viewers if they struggled reading......
02 August, 2026
“The test of our spirituality comes when we find ourselves faced with injustice and cruelty and ingratitude and turmoil” –Oswald Chambers Most parents would agree that one of the first words, if not the very first word, their child spoke was “NO!” It’s also possible......
26 July, 2026
My wife Ramona and I recently took a road trip, and it happened to be one of the towns where I worked in radio news some four decades ago. We were there to see a Contemporary Christian artist perform. What I didn’t know was that......
12 July, 2026
The question in the title of this post was asked on Facebook by a church. It led to a lengthy debate involving patriotism and Christ-following. The answer is both obvious and complex. The obvious answer is that we should celebrate freedom. What that looks like......
05 July, 2026
In early 2026, Contemporary Christian artist Andrew Ripp released the song “I’d Do It Again.” It presents Jesus telling us that if He had to, He would die for us again. One verse contains a truth that should, as Christ-followers, rock us to our very......
28 June, 2026
I have been there more than once, and I’ll bet you have too. Someone has falsely accused you, or misjudged you, or some how slighted you. You dream of vindication. You might even game plan scenarios in your head of how your moment of vindication......
21 June, 2026
I remember it as if it were yesterday. My wife Ramona and I were at a dinner party in November 2019. I had been without work since February. We had heard the call to ministry and were trusting God that He would provide one, even......
15 June, 2026
Now salagadoola means menchicka boolaroo But the thingamabob that does the job is Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo (The fairy godmother in the 1950 Disney Film “Cinderella”) Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo was the incantation Cinderella’s fairy godmother used to make magic happen. When we pepper our prayers with “in Jesus’ name,” we......
07 June, 2026