Okay, I am the one who has aged. There has never been a prettier bride than on 8/12/89. I am so thankful for Jamie.
Don’t Ask the Depressed, “How Are You Doing?”
Let me tell you something to avoid asking a friend who is feeling down. I am not saying it is always wrong, but be careful. Ask this question and you may make the situation worse. Here is the question to…
Mary Beth Begins the Great Adventure
Every year before our children start school, I meet with them individually, share one truth, and give an associated gift. For example, when Allison started kindergarten, the bullet was, “God made you, and you belong to God.” I gave her…
The Gospel is Not Just for Individuals
I am convinced that “individualism” is one of the most pervasive problems of the church in the Western Hemisphere. John Frame: The gospel, you see, is not just a message for individuals, telling them how to avoid God’s wrath. It…
You’re Not Swearing If You Use the Word “Submit”
Non-Christians regularly throw around words that should not be part of a believer’s vocabulary. No matter how flippantly people may say, “Oh my God,” Christians should never use our Creator’s name irreverently. You already knew that. What is interesting is…
Chesterton on Christianity’s Giant Secret
Joy, which was the small publicity of the pagan, is the gigantic secret of the Christian. Orthodoxy, page 170.
“A Brick in the Valley” Now Displays Scripture Cited For Those Willing to Hover
If you hover over Bible references in any of my posts, you should see the Scripture quoted. I’ll be curious to know if it works. So, if you wouldn’t mind, scroll down, find a Bible reference in one of my…
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action; reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character reap a destiny
If it’s true that physically, “we are what we eat,” it is just as true that we become what we think. That is the point of the above progression. What do you spend your time thinking about? In growing as…
Pictures for Worship
Tonight at dinner, my family read from Big Truths for Young Hearts: . . . The only way we could be thinking together about the goodness of God in this book is because God has shared with us the secret…
Why You Should Read The God I Don’t Understand by Chris Wright
I hereby endorse John Lemke’s endorsement of the Chris Wright book, The God I Don’t Understand. Lemke: I recently read Christopher J. H. Wright’s book The God I Don’t Understand and I found it very helpful. In fact, I used…