The quickest way to a parent's heart is through their kids. There is no way around that. Just like when a momma bear gets aggressive because her cubs are around, most parents jump into a different frame of thinking when it comes to their children.
- January 18, 2012 |
Perhaps the storm you are facing right now is your chance to walk on water
- January 18, 2012 |
Patience prevents rash judgment, and judgmentalism. It secures a plan. It is a beautiful paradox of being a non-action and yet a conscious exercise of free will.
- January 18, 2012 |
Whenever I start to get discouraged about the future of the church, I remember a conversation I had a few years ago with evangelical theologian Carl F. H. Henry on what would turn out to be his last visit to Southern Seminary before his death...
- January 04, 2012 |
Faith convinces me it's worth it to believe again, risk again and yes, possibly ... fail again.
- January 04, 2012 |
A few weeks ago I was speaking to a group of high school students at my house. In the middle of my time with them, my wife and kids got back home, so I went through each one of them to introduce them to the students.
- January 04, 2012 |
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- January 04, 2012 |
I can't count on two hands how many times I have set out to read through the Bible from beginning to end, yet somewhere in the first few weeks, I got sidetracked.
- December 28, 2011 |
There's no "return line" for the choices we make, but in Christ there is enough grace to cover our past and propel us into a hopeful, good future
- December 28, 2011 |
A film set to air Jan. 22 will chronicle the life of one of Liberia's most feared warlords who found Christ and dramatically turned his life around.
- December 28, 2011 |
God protects soldiers from certain death in an unexpected way.
- December 28, 2011 |
His only role, it seems, is an usher—to get Mary to the stable in Bethlehem. But there’s much more to Joseph
- December 21, 2011 |
What if The Miracle did occur and I missed it? What if it had nothing to do with the end result and everything to do with the journey?
- December 21, 2011 |
The whole publishing industry is changing and the little family-owned Christian bookstore seems to be increasingly obsolete. And at least as it pertains to me, I don’t think I will lose anything when the last local Christian bookstore has closed its doors.
- December 21, 2011 |
A while back our phone rang at midnight. It was Child Protective Services calling to let us know that three kids had been rescued from a horrible family scenario. We were given the option to receive the 11 month old girl into our home. For the first time, we found ourselves staring into the pain-filled eyes of a very confused and hurt little child.
- December 21, 2011 |
It is one of the great ironies of our time that an atheist could grasp the heart of the Christian faith better than many Christians.
- December 21, 2011 |
I am officially a pacifist on the “war on Christmas”.
- December 14, 2011 |
Crosswalk sent out a poll regarding voting preferences this week, and the results are in. But the first thing I notice from the survey isn't about politics at all...
- December 14, 2011 |
