One of my favorite movie scenes of all time is Liam Neeson’s portrayal of the forgiveness of Jean Valjean in the movie rendition of Les...

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 11, For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord...

If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, you might have seen a sign that says, “Eastern Continental Divide.” It’s the divide...

Our sin, Scripture says, has not only put a curse over us; it has released one into us. Death is at work in us, and that shows up in the...

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...

Jesus said the most defining characteristic of his church should be its love. Your love for each other, he told his disciples, is how the...

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...

The greatest Christian leaders for the last two thousand years have maintained that Romans is the most important theological book ever...

We drafted this post prior to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Rayshard Brooks—and the subsequent protests...

We drafted this post prior to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd—and the subsequent protests around the...

Before you came to Christ, your life aspirations arose from a wrong way of looking at the world, what the Apostle Peter calls the...

Many cultural Christians think church is a good thing, but they are not committed. They are not involved in any ministry. They don’t...

A friend of mine was diagnosed with a very serious and deadly form of cancer. It looks like it may rob him of some of the best years of...

During the wilderness journey of the Israelites, God covered the ground every morning with bread from heaven. It was like he spread out...

The Apostle Paul says that at the core of all our sin is idolatry. He didn’t just mean bowing down to statues (though that counts)....

Have you ever signed up for a two-week trial of a streaming service and then just used a different email address to sign up again after...

I once heard the story about an Army officer who had just been promoted to Colonel. He was feeling pretty high on himself and kept...

We’ll be taking a blogging break for Christmas, and will see you again Jan. 6. Enjoy your Christmas and New Year’s! Wisdom for Your...

Some time ago I heard an interview with Bono on a public news station, and the subject of Jesus came up. I guess Bono was in one of his...

In the Apostle Paul’s day, there were 613 written, Old Testament laws that Jews strictly adhered to. If that sounds like a lot, it is....