Let's Cultivate Hope This Year As a new year begins, it is a time when we typically renew hope… hope for a better year. And hope is no small thing. Pliny the Elder said, “Hope is the pillar that holds up the world." Martin Luther wrote,...
Let’s cultivate gratitude this year If we cultivate gratitude for what the will of God gives us in life, rather than ingratitude for what it doesn’t, many other things in life fall into place. As we move into the New Year, when we are ungrateful for...
Another step in a good direction If this year is like last year, there will be some good things and there will be some hard things. Mentally going into the future – to heaven – we see that in the end, God will wipe every tear...
Resolutions As we all know, it's traditional to make New Year’s resolutions the first of the year. We also all know that it is traditional to break them soon afterward. Failing at New Year’s resolutions is so common that there are informal and unofficial days for “unresolving.” ...
It is our prayer that 2024 will be a "Happy New Year!" The only way that will be true is if we put our relationship with the Lord at the top of our priority list for 2024. Life may or may not be kind to us,...
If I could summarize the message and importance of Christmas as briefly as possible, I would say: Joy to the Word, the Lord has Come! Christmas is many things in American culture, but for Christians, it is this: Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth...
I mentioned last week that I'm not going to be blogging any more. Instead of blogging I'm starting a YouTube channel to create video content. This decision was prompted by several factors: Video is becoming increasingly popular. Research indicates that more people actually open video content than...
Why I'm Not Going To Blog Anymore If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that my desire is to help people "walk closer with God and live better in life." I've been writing books for that purpose for 46 years,...
Moving from Checkers to Chess Five Steps to Unleashing the Power of an Eternal Perspective Today, we’re finishing our series: “Moving from Checkers to Chess ~ Five Steps to Unleashing the Power of an Eternal Perspective.” Unless we have an eternal perspective, viewing life as God does, we...
Moving from Checkers to Chess Five Steps to Unleashing the Power of an Eternal Perspective We’re continuing our series: “Moving from Checkers to Chess ~ Five Steps to Unleashing the Power of an Eternal Perspective.” Unless we have an eternal perspective, viewing life as God does, we are playing...