Days and moments
WHEN PARENTS DEDICATE their kids at our church, during the ceremony they are given a jar with 900 small stones–one to be removed each weekend before…
7 Signs of a Good Samaritan
WE ALL KNOW that the Good Samaritan is the model of godly neighborliness. But have you ever stopped to reflect on what exactly he did that…
Roadside reflections
SOME BIBLE STORIES are so familiar that we can miss the riches of what they have to tell—and teach—us. When we hear them, a well-worn Sunday…
The best of my year
ACCORDING TO A recent survey, the average American has $175 of unredeemed gift cards tucked away somewhere—a sum likely to increase at Christmas. But don’t worry,…
Herod’s holiday greeting
IF I WERE the handcrafting type, like my wife, I’d make you a personal Christmas card with a picture of King Herod on the front. A…
When More Leads to Less
BECAUSE HE IS good and kind, God doesn’t reveal a problem without providing a solution. In other words, no diagnosis without a cure as well. So,…
The lure of more
BECAUSE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE that the Bible is alive and speaks to us today, it’s sometimes possible to miss the context in which those words were originally…
Dying of embarrassment
WHEN YOU ARE handed ponchos as you take your front-row seats for a Blue Man Group show or a SeaWorld presentation, you have a pretty good…
Let’s!
FRIENDS WHO RECENTLY returned from an Alaskan cruise reminded me of the incredible extravagance of God. As they spoke about the amazingly beautiful things they had…
Riding the truth tracks
WHEN KING DAVID finally faces the enormity of his sin in that dark episode involving Bathsheba and Uriah, he knows that he has nothing to offer…
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