GET READY FOR YOUR INDUCTION. In last week’s post, I talked about accepting the challenge to become spiritual olympians. I ended with the implicit challenge: What would God do in...

GOD CALLS US TO PERMANENT EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT Mary Lou Retton was an American gymnast who took the gold medal in the individual all-around competition in the 1984 Summer Olympics in...

THERE ARE THREE REWARDS FOR GOING ON GOD’S GREAT ADVENTURE In J.R.R. Tolkien's book, The Hobbit, the good wizard Gandalf encourages the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, to go on a great...

IN THE MOVIE OF LIFE WE NEED TO BE ROY ROGERS, NOT TRIGGER Roy Rogers was an American actor who was one of the most popular Western stars of the...

TRUTH IS WHAT GOD SAYS IT IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE THINK On one level, yes, something can be true for you but not true for me. For example, I...

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...

GOD GIVES US THE DIGNITY OF CAUSALITY I was struggling with the Lord a while back over an issue in my life that I wanted to have resolved. It has...

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...

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...

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...

IF YOU CAN’T SEE HIM, HEAR HIM, OR TOUCH HIM, WHY BELIEVE IN HIM? As a Christian, and as a discipler, it is possible that life can become so hard...

At Christmas time, we have a special opportunity to explore the mystery and magnificence of what Jesus accomplished in coming to earth 2000 years ago. As an analogy, we have...

WE AUTOMATICALLY GLORIFY ANYTHING OF VALUE IF WE TRULY GRASP ITS VALUE Throughout Scripture, the Bible lifts up the glory of God as a preeminent thing: The heavens are telling...

MASTER THESE VERSES SO WELL THAT THEY BEGIN TO MASTER YOU In last week’s blog post, I reviewed the principle in Romans 12:2, that in order for our lives to...

RE-THINK YOUR WAY TO SPIRITUAL RENEWAL As you, know if you have been reading this blog for any length of time, I believe Romans 12:2 is a MegaVerse, giving us...

GOD’S TIMETABLE IS TYPICALLY SLOWER THAN OURS In his book, When God Doesn't Make Sense, James Dobson has a section entitled, "Four Days Late." It alludes to the fact that,...