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Simple Questions About Christian Faith Needing Answers We learn to cherish and challenge our questions about Christian faith at different times. Not everything in the Bible makes perfect sense to the average Bible reader and churchgoer, but it does create a fascinating study. Some of those...

A Journey of Gratitude: Tri Robinson’s Call to Slow Down In a world filled with noise, constant distraction, upward mobility, bad stewardship, and the relentless pursuit of more, it can be hard to hear the still, small whispers calling us to live with intention and simplicity. Recently, I read...

Don’t miss this moment I was in the stands along with other long-suffering parents. We were all there for a T-Ball game with kids just a little young for Little League. It’s a chance for them to get out, run around, and get dirty. But for the parents, you know the drill. It’s kind of like...

Attributes of God: Righteousness Cremer, The Christian Doctrine of the Attributes of God: 2. The Righteousness of God, pp. 29-43 This is an invitation to comment for those who have read this portion of the book. Others may ask. In about one week I will comment on the second half of this...

No Lone Ranger Christians We often think of the Apostle Paul as the Lone Ranger, gallivanting solo about the empire, leading everyone to Christ, never afraid, never struggling, often alone, but never lonely. Scripture corrects this impression as Paul recounts for the Corinthians one of his...

Lord, Give Us A King to Lead Us Note: These are my thoughts and mine alone. This is also raw, as I’m sure it is for many reading this. I just had to write some words down on it. “Make America Great Again” was a great slogan when Reagan used it and it’s been a great slogan for the years that...

Miraculous Change [ 1 min read ★ ] For the grace of God has appeared—Titus 2:11-12 For us men to truly, in our hearts, want to repent of our sins, repent of our screw-ups—for us to truly want to turn our...

Confession Isn't Sufficient [ 1 min read ★ ] But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins . . . he shall surely live—Ezekiel 18:21 Confession is necessary, but it is not sufficient. Sufficiency is...

Where is Peace in Our Chaotic Anxiety Ridden World? Circumstances that Cause Stress The events of the last six months have unveiled an almost unending barrage of human suffering. Uvalde, Ukraine, and a major church denomination scandal had inundated the headline news. We struggle through an...

3 Tips to Help Find Common Ground It is difficult to have good conversations today. Sometimes, conversations can be nearly impossible if participants are so committed to their worldview that they cannot look beyond themselves to find common ground. As social media continues to exacerbate the...

At the Heart of Worship You can don ancient vestments, light candles, and chants prayers amid clouds of incense; you can preach like Martyn Lloyd-Jones, sing great hymns accompanied by pipe organ, and love the dappled rainbows the stained glass throws; you can put up the largest LED screens...

What’s the meaning of “blood is thicker than water”? What is the meaning of the phrase “blood is thicker than water”? We’ve all heard this idiom, but are you sure you understand it? Search the internet for a while, and you’ll find out very quickly that its origins are anything but clear. The...

Keep Watering in Hopes of New Life We have experienced scorching heat several days this summer. As a result, one or two plants in our yard have died. Other foliage has not yet recovered from sun shock. One or two forms of vegetation didn’t even get that far. They never emerged from winter...

If We Fear God, We Can Trust His Provision There are people who reason, If I give generously, I’ll have to worry about where the money will come from to replace what I’ve given. But Jesus actually says the opposite. Immediately after He commands us not to store up treasures on Earth but store...

Outwardly Wasting Away, Inwardly Renewed Day by Day There’s nothing like the feeling of renewal that comes with looking out over Lanikai Beach, Kailua. This photo was taken during a family vacation back in 2013. Christopher loved visiting this beach. Hoping and praying we can take Christopher...

Confession? Ugh . . . [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God—Romans 3:23 Confession—real, raw confession—is a critical component of a healthy spiritual life. It’s...

A little water won’t hurt It’s always interesting to see how informal groups quickly fall behind a person. There’s always somebody that has the magnetism and the drive that others recognize. Every group needs a leader, otherwise it will quickly fall apart. The ragtag group called “the...

Burdens . . . Bad? [ 1 min read ★ ] Count it all joy, my brothers—James 1:2-4 This age regards the burdens of struggle/hardship/pain as simply bad, to be avoided at all cost—the loss of a job, loss of a...

The Man of All Talents: the Extraordinary Life of Douglas Clark Douglas Clark was a champion wrestler and rugby legend before going off to war. He hauled ammunition on the Western Front in World War I, suffered horrible injuries, won a medal for bravery, and then came home to wrestle, play...

Satan Has Vested Interests in Making Unbelievers Think They Are Going to Heaven I’ve read many accounts of experiences in which people who do not know Christ claim to have gone to Heaven, or its outskirts, and were reassured by a “being of light” that all is well with them. I’m convinced that...