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How To Make A Choice I was reading a book recently that talked about Adam and Eve’s choice in the garden. The serpent is whispering lies to them – “did God really say…?” They are filled with their own confusion – Eve saw the fruit was good for eating. But they had the ominous command from God...

Why Lying Has Become Normal And Acceptable Just this week I necessarily visited two “big box” stores—to buy items I truly needed. (Due to the pandemic I am temporarily avoiding stores as much as possible.) At one big box store I took my item to the cash register and happened to notice that...

Discovering The Gifts Of The Spirit How can you know which gift(s) of the Spirit you have? There is a way. Gifts of the Spirit The Apostle Paul has written a lot about spiritual gifts. To begin with, he says that “there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties...

How Far Should We Follow Our Feelings? I saw an ad recently about how to handle our emotions. It suggested the way we are designed is to stay planted in consistency and watch our emotions go by, acknowledging them and addressing them. It described our fundamental human task as sitting and...

5 Ways To Cope When Your Partner Has An Anxiety Disorder Typically, anxiety is defined as a feeling of worry, panic, or fear that can manifest itself in physical symptoms such as trembling, breathlessness, sweating, numbness, or having hot and cold flashes. When someone is experiencing a...

Four Reasons Christians Distinguish Between Happiness And Joy When I was writing my book Happiness, I knew that the chapter on “What’s the Difference Between Happiness and Joy?” would likely prove to be one of the most controversial. To verify my assertion that joy and happiness are synonyms...

5 Timeless Truths From The Life Of Jonah If you think the story of Jonah is just about being swallowed by a big fish, then you’re missing some incredible truths! Here are five timeless truths from the life of Jonah: Okay, so the historical setting is the late 8th century BC. Jonah was a...

4 Ways To Prevent A Crisis In Your Marriage This morning, I sat down with a married couple in crisis. The exhaustion and frustration was evident in their weary faces before either of them spoke a word to tell me about their situation. They, like many couples, are both juggling the...

Peopling The Biblical World The Biblical world at various eras is probably the most intensely studied society in human history. Just how many books, for instance, have been written about Palestine in the time of Jesus? Despite all that work, though, we still have major areas of ignorance about...

What’s So Funny? Every Dad Must Know How To Laugh! How can a father keep his cool and his sanity? Eduardo explains just how important it is to have a good sense of humor and laugh. Listen to this 10 minute podcast, and be encouraged! What’s funny? I don’t know, lets ask Sarai, Abram’s wife...

7 Ways To Connect With Your Partner And Break The Pursuer-Distancer Pattern During a recent couples counseling session, Karen, 37, and Rob, 40, discuss their destructive pursuer-distancer pattern in their marriage. During their ten-year relationship, Karen has felt ignored and emotionally...

Freedom And Comfort In Truth As Nanci dealt with suffering and faced her death, I saw greater joy and more profound happiness in her than ever before. She had been happy in Jesus all our marriage, but great suffering is a big test. She didn’t merely pass it, she aced it. Sure, she had tough...

Protecting The Honor Of Women In 1 Corinthians 11 Why does Paul talk about women’s hair and veiling in 1 Corinthians 11? Paul’s comments in that chapter puzzle readers for many reasons. One reason is our lack of knowledge about the ancient world and especially its norms governing what people...

Conflict With A Purpose It may seem strange to say this—I usually don’t look for comfort from my own books—but when I set out a copy of 90 Days of God’s Goodness for a friend in need, I was thinking about Nanci and palpably feeling her absence. So I picked up the nearest book even though I’d...

“Go set this on the kitchen table.” Ruby grabbed plate and “thankful” tag her mom and put together and set it carefully on the kitchen table. She paused just a second to feel the smoothness of the wood. A faint smile crept across her face as she remembered that table’s history. When they’d...

FIghting Lust With Scripture The Word of God has power, but we need to tap that power in order to fight lust, so here are Bible verses that can help you defeat it when you meet it. Wicked Hearts The Bible teaches that the human heart is wicked, and even after the Spirit comes to live in the...

3 Relationship Dead Ends There is a big difference between the everyday pains and struggles of relationship and a major dilemma. All of us need to persevere and communicate through the conflict, the challenges, and the annoyances of being in a relationship. The best relationships still...

Should We Argue In Front Of Our Kids? A few months ago, a friend of mine was telling me about her experience as a child whose parents divorced when she was a young girl. She told me that she grew up in a home where everything was completely peaceful and seemingly perfect…ALL THE TIME…from...

Grabbing Some Solitude . . . he would withdraw to desolate places and pray—Luke 5:16 Why are we men so bad at solitude? Our king did it quite well. As a man, Jesus knew his limitations. He understood his...

Shiphrah and Puah: Disobeying Pharaoh By David C. Cramer Read Exodus 1:8–22; Psalm 22 “For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do...