Some can get so hung up on the horrible, deplorable misogynist patriarchy that they lose sight of the fact that Scripture doesn’t exactly paint the noblest picture of men to…
I’ve got some work to do on myself, still have work to do. Life has worked me over, and still does. God is reworking me, praise be to His name!…
My phone buzzes at odd, unpredictable hours, especially around the big holidays: amber alerts—child abductions. Often at those times of the year, it seems one parent is taking a child…
When I began attending church twenty-two years ago, I’m not sure I knew what I was expecting. I just had this inner sense—whispering, nudging—that God wanted me to go to…
What characteristic makes a Christian Christian? Faith? Love? Hope? Obedience? Humility? I believe—I hope—that I speak with you often about these virtues, these qualities. These are what give distinctive flavor…
In Matthew’s account, Jesus tells John the Baptist that it’s good for John to baptize Jesus, in order to “fulfill all righteousness.” Jesus, who had no sin and did no…
There was a man who never knew his grandfather. Many years before, this grandfather, knowing his grandson would barely remember him, wrote a letter. He tried to tell his newborn…
At some point, you may have wondered why we do church the way we do. If you worship elsewhere when you’re on vacation—I hope you do!—you’ve noticed that different churches…
We’re all just doing the best we can, day by day, though that’s not all that Christians are doing. We’re doing that, too, but we’re also learning to do something…
It takes a long time, in most cases, for the Word of God to sink into a person’s heart. It has for me! There’s so much there, already! Certainly, we…