Blog Series: Renew Your Mind ~ Transform Your Life The question of “why God doesn’t make our lives go better” is the problem of evil that we finished talking about last week, filtering down from the cosmic level to the personal level. It’s one thing for...
Six weeks ago, before the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S., I wrote a blog on how to cultivate joy. Little did I know how pertinent that information would be six weeks later! We are now in uncharted territory with many unanswered questions, and it is only...
This is the final blog post in a series on apologetics that I began November 12 of last year. I have written this series to share some of the most convincing and reassuring apologetic truth that has helped stabilize and strengthen my faith over the years. Now...
I heard the story once of an Olympic weightlifter who trained as hard as he could for four years for the Olympics, but still came in second. He knew he couldn’t train harder for the next Olympics - he had given it everything he had...
Let’s be honest. If you were a loving parent, and you had a child going through some of the hard things you are going through (or have gone through), wouldn’t you help them if you could? So why doesn’t God help you?!? You do your best to...
Have you ever felt as though you were singled out by God for failure? That you cannot get your life to go the way you want it to, and when you do the things that should fix it, they don’t work? That instead of things...
Are Surgeons Good or Bad for You? I have awakened from four different surgeries in my life feeling truly awful. In one case, my knee hurt, in another, my abdomen hurt, in two others, my shoulder hurt. Mentally, I was in a fog, unable to think...
WHEN LIFE IS DARKEST, WE HAVE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO TRIUMPH For a number of weeks now we have been exploring the issue of coping with trials in the Christian life. When things are going relatively well for a Christian, this subject may seem academic or...