As is well known by now, last Friday, June 24, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (If you’d like to read my previous note on this,...

Earlier today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, removing federal protection for the practice of...

Pastor J.D. is one of those guys who likes to take a break from a good book … to enjoy another book. He reads and reads and reads. Maybe...

Though the 20th century saw a lot of moral and technological advancement, it was still the bloodiest century in history. In 1915, the...

When it comes to living in a hostile culture, many Christians choose either assimilation or separation. Assimilation means you gradually...

How do you submit to government leaders when there’s so much about their lives, beliefs, and policies that you disagree with? This was...

When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to serve King Nebuchadnezzar’s gods or bow down to his golden statue (Daniel 3), the king...

I’m not a prophet, but let me make a prophecy I think you can take to the bank: If you wait until the hour of trial to decide how you’ll...

The book of Daniel can be summed up in one sentence: If you want to make a difference, then you have to be different. You have to be...

When he told the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus explained that it is the duty of all Christians to care about any injustice around...

Following Jesus is counter-cultural in every society, though often in different ways. In some cultures, it’s the Scriptures’ teaching on...

It’s hard to believe that this year will mark 20 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Those attacks rewrote the book...

The disciples, like many people in Jewish culture, did not value children as much as adults because their needs were just not as...

This morning I read a statement released by leaders I respect called, ”A Statement on Justice, Repentance, and the SBC.” I am thankful to...

The 2020 presidential election may be over, but we are hardly out of the woods. For the foreseeable future, discussing issues of politics...

By all accounts, this has been a strange year. So perhaps it shouldn’t surprise us that a presidential election has come (and gone)...

The Gospel Is the Center What do we mean when we say “gospel above all”? Is that another way of saying “just preach Jesus” and avoiding...

Recently, I typed in “how to be happy” on our collective consciousness, Google, and one of the first articles was “Three Ways to Be Happy...

Will quarantine continue throughout the summer? We certainly hope not. But we’ve learned enough by now to stop speculating. Perhaps this...

Most of us have never stepped into a moment like the one we are currently experiencing. And in the haze of the unknown, we might ask how...