In a recent conference call I attended, we started off with an ice breaker about which TV shows we were currently watching. I didn’t recognize most of the titles, but one girl’s response really caught me off guard. She named off the series and said, “I really like it because it gives me nightmares.” I … Continue reading Choose the Good Things →

Words hurt. Let’s be honest, words can cut into our heart deeper than anything. And the closer a person is to us, the greater the impact. Even secular music reflects this. In “Little Toy Guns,” Carrie Underwood tells the story of a girl hiding as her parents fight yet again. Part of the chorus goes … Continue reading A Powerful Tool →

It is amazing to see how the Holy Spirit inspired the authors of Scripture in how they penned their words. I think we often miss the full beauty of this by isolating small passages of the Bible from one another. When we take the time to compare Scripture with Scripture, especially in a single book, … Continue reading Our Steadfast Anchor →

A couple of months ago, we learned of the COVID-19 virus that has now spread throughout the entire world. It is safe to say the virus has effected all of us, even if no one in our families are infected. Schools and churches have closed, groceries are in high demand, and for some strange reason, … Continue reading The Promise Keeper Of Peace →

Sometimes we confuse two closely related issues, making them identical, ignoring the differences. This is especially true when it comes to matters of the faith. For instance, salvation and works. Good works do not save us, but we do good works because we are saved, in grateful response to what God has already done. Just … Continue reading The Sign of Our Faith →

Many people tend to have the idea that the gospel only effects spiritual life, such as what we do in church, but we give little thought to its impact on what we consider “secular.” But in reality, the gospel should impact all of life, down to the smallest details. This includes our own use of … Continue reading Not Just For Us →

 If you’ve ever stopped to consider it, music plays a vital role in our lives, even from birth. A lot of our parents played music at night for us when we were infants. Then we learned the alphabet through song, learned Bible stories through music, and generally had some type of CD going in the … Continue reading The Source of Music →

Life doesn’t always go as expected. We know this intellectually, but there is still some part of us which persistently believes we can completely plan out our lives. This seems to happen a lot with what we envision ourselves doing for Christ. We make these great plans and dreams of carrying out the work of … Continue reading Shifting Plans →

Imagine with me for a moment the following scene. It is dark, not too dark though. The stars are brilliant, only a few clouds obscuring some of them. The soft bleating of sheep comes now and again, mixing with the other sounds of the night. It is not too cold out, since it is still … Continue reading The Joy of Christmas →

 We all know the feeling of being gripped in a riveting book, fighting between the impulse to read and the nagging reminder of everything else we have to do that day. It has been a little while for me, but that sensation reappeared over the past week in full force as I have been reading … Continue reading Only Through His Power →