And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands….
My nephew, age 3, was coming to visit. While making preparation my wife and I discovered we were in short supply of toys. Fortunately, my parents stockpiled mine from childhood. So off we went to their chilly basement storage room,…
When spreading the Gospel to a person with a disability, it’s not about whether you have the handout in large print for the visually impaired or a signer for the hearing impaired. Rather, it’s about providing such an environment where…
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with “events.” As a student participating in events like summer camp, Disciple Now, Passion Conferences, and the like, I always left feeling on top of the world. The feeling would last a week, maybe…
It’s no secret that it’s easy for a believer to get frustrated with the entertainment industry. There are times that I simply want to pick up my television and chuck it right through the front window of my living room…
It’s no secret that manhood, at least popularly speaking, has become a mockery. Network television routinely caricatures men as blithering idiots, woefully incapable of taking responsibility for themselves and wholly devoted to the pursuit of comfort, leisure, and no-strings-attached sex. …
One of the highlights of my middle school career was winning an award for my display in our school science fair. My topic was geysers, which doesn’t sound like a terribly difficult topic to explain, except for the fact that…
I get really tired of doing church. Don’t get me wrong. I love the church. But so often I am guilty of letting the work of the church consume my life. And when I make the work of the church…
Being a fifth grader is a big thing. You are at the top of the Elementary school totem poll. When I spend time with another Children’s ministry, usually I can tell who the fifth graders are, especially the boys. They…
“This is a true story from God’s Word.” Those words not only forever changed my life, but they also created a ripple of change across my whole life. I never felt like I “fit in” in the general Christian population…