Six-year-old Katie is sleeping soundly in her room. At once, an unfamiliar thud echoes from the basement. Katie shoots up, clutching her blanket and teddy bear as her eyes strain to adjust to the blackness. Fear gripping her senses, her quivering voice musters the...
Philippians 4:4-5, “'Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand.' You don’t have to be a football fan to remember the Seahawks’ tragic loss in Super Bowl XLIX. One can hardly imagine the...
Philippians 1:9-11, “9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that...
“Cut off your hand, gouge out your eye” (Matthew 5:29). “hate your father and mother” (Luke 14:26). Die to self (Galatians 5:24) Bear your cross (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23) bless those who curse you” (Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:28). Fear God (Proverbs 9:10),...
Throughout my Christian life, I have struggled with evangelism. There are times when I know I should share the good news of Jesus with someone, and I simply don’t do it. This may not seem like a huge deal, but upon some further biblical examination, it becomes quite...
In life, it seems that the best experiences reside in one of two places: the past or the future. The former seems logical, for in that place time seems to do its best work in our minds, smoothing out the rough edges of memories too distant for criticism. Certain...
Of all the books in God’s canon of Scripture, the story of Job is among the hardest to swallow. A godly man’s happy life quickly torn to pieces, only to be followed by disheartening council from friends, and a horrifying rebuke from God Himself. Although the book...
C.S. Lewis described it best when he said that the Lord would make us into “a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God perfectly…The process will be long and in parts very painful, but that is what we are in for. Nothing less.” The process to which Lewis...