TRUTH IS WHAT GOD SAYS IT IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE THINK, BELIEVE OR FEEL I one time filled a jigsaw puzzle box with Cheezits. Then, I held the puzzle box up, shook it, and asked a group of people what they thought was in the...
THE EVENTUAL GOAL IS TO BECOME A MILE WIDE AND A MILE DEEP For most of my Christian life, I have gotten Scripture memorization all wrong. I wonder if you have, too. As a good American, I assumed more was better, and subscribed to the “mile wide...
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...
WHAT LIES ARE YOU BELIEVING? Scripture calls Satan both “the father of lies” and “the destroyer.” Last week we made the point that Satan’s main strategy in the spiritual war in which we all find ourselves is to deceive us in order to destroy us. This week,...
THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN HAMMERING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR AND ACCEPTING THAT IT MAY NOT OPEN Last week, I shared my struggle with the fact that God instructs us to importune (ask someone pressingly and persistently for or to do something) Him for things that are...
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN OUR JOB IS TO DO NOTHING A number of years ago, my wife and I attended a dog show highlighting canine obedience trials. Inside a large performance arena, one at a time, the dogs had to start, stop, change directions, return to...
GOD MAY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IN YOU BEFORE HE CAN DO SOMETHING THROUGH YOU As we turn the page on a New Year, it is natural to think ahead to new goals and purposes. Ephesians 2:10 speaks powerfully to where this tendency comes from: “For we...
THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS SYMBOLIZE THE LIGHT THAT JESUS BRINGS INTO THE WORLD I want to close out this year’s blog posts with a final reflection on Christmas. The lights of Christmas, which adorn homes, businesses, and public places at Christmas, make the world sparkle and as one “takes...