OF ALL THE THINGS A CHRISTIAN SHOULD DO, ONE THING STANDS OUT When I first became a Christian, the gentleman who led me to the Lord gave me one piece of advice that, in retrospect, was worth its weight in gold and changed my life. In the...
WE AUTOMATICALLY BECOME LIKE WHAT WE PUT INTO OUR BRAINS Have you ever struggled with why you don’t grow spiritually as fast as you would like to? Have you ever thought that you ought to be further along in your spiritual life than you are? I know...
HOW WE WORK REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO GOD My father taught me to do my work well. He taught me to show up on time, work hard while I was there, and not quit until the job was done. I remember a time I learned firsthand the...
A BREAKTHROUGH SPIRITUAL GROWTH TOOL In the last few blogs, I have made several key points: The Shallow-ization of Christianity: Because of the power of the hostile culture in which we now live, it may be more difficult to live the Christian life than at any...
WE ARE TO LIVE FOR THE NEXT WORLD, NOT THIS ONE In his book, Brave New World, Aldus Huxley envisioned a very unpleasant future, not because things people wanted were being withheld from them (as was imagined in Orwell's book 1984), but rather, because everything was given to...
Welcome to our new website! If you have been a regular reader of my blog, you'll notice a new look and a new name! I will still be blogging with the same goals in mind as before, to give you helpful information, strategies and resources for...
IT MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE TODAY THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY One of the greatest challenges facing the church in America today is the shallow-ization of Christianity. For the last several decades many of us have read the statistics generated...
THREE PIECES OF LIFE'S PUZZLE FOR PURPOSE AND MEANING All truth is God's truth. So “truth” is true, regardless of where it is found. Victor Frankl was not a Christian as far as we know, but he was an astute observer of the human heart. A survivor...
DON'T LOOK FOR HAPPINESS IN THE WRONG PLACES Perhaps the ultimate value in American culture is happiness. That value goes back as far as our Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their...
RESPONDING BIBLICALLY TO DIFFICULT PEOPLE IS ONE OF LIFE'S GREATEST CHALLENGES The second greatest command is: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39). So, it is no small thing to love your neighbor! Yet, all of us have the challenge of loving people who are particularly difficult to love. They...