Who are you? In asking that question, I do not mean, “What’s your name?” Rather, what is the nature of your heart? What motivates you and moves you forward in life? Before you answer too quickly, meditate on Proverbs 16:2.…
Motherhood: A Tremendous Call
When I was in grade school a girl on my school bus pulverized me with her lunch box. If you’re my age or older, you remember lunch boxes from the 1970’s. They usually had some theme like the Brady Bunch…
God is Light
Do you realize that one of the most important statements about God is that He is light. John R.W. Stott says that no biblical statement is more comprehensive of God’s essential being than the 1 John 1:5 assertion that God…
That’s Why I’m Fighting Him
It’s only a month or so until the second of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia hits the big screen. (See Narnia: Prince Caspian) I won’t tell you what happens, but one of my favorite parts in Prince Caspian is a…
Confessing Christ Publically
Occasionally we hear people identify themselves as Christians but decline to talk about what they believe. They rationalize that their faith is a private matter.
The idea of being a Christian, but being unwilling to share one’s faith or talk about it, doesn’t square with what the Bible teaches.
Loving Your Pastor
Hebrews 13:17 encourages Christians to make their pastors work a joy and not a burden.A practical way to encourage your pastor is to actively love his children. One of the great blessings I have enjoyed in the ministry is to shepherd people who love my family.
The Supremacy of Christ
The heart of the Christian faith is all about the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, that salvation is found in no one else.Some wonder, “Can one person really be the answer for all who believe?” The original recipients of the book of Hebrews were struggling with this question.
Small Steps Along Deut 6:4-9
Some of our best times together as a family are Bible stories after dinner. Our youngest is now five, but this story took place when she was three.
Our Bible story at dinner the other night was about Elijah. My wife makes these beef enchilada things that are really good. While our four children finished eating their enchiladas I shared with them the story of how Elijah was taken to be with Christ in a chariot of fire.
Angels Camping On Our Deck
A couple of years ago, my wife and I talked to our four young children at dinner about whether or not we ought to let angels camp on our deck. I ought to explain that one.
Raised in Glory
Physically, The Bible says that when we die, subject to the disease, decay, and frustration of a fallen world, we are sown in dishonor. Yet, Scripture promises the Christian, what is sown in dishonor will be raised in glory. Hear Paul’s words from 1 Corinthians 15:
“. . . The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body . . . (1 Corinthians 15:42-44).”
A few years ago, my father in law was killed in a terrible car accident. The casket was