In the last couple of days, we have been wondering about the teaching in Ephesians 2:6 that God "raised us up with...
In business and in life, we all want to deal with honest people. We look for people who keep their word. We want to be around people we can trust. We look for...
When my son, Nathan, was four years old, he and I took a walk around a delightful mountain lake. As we walked, I told Nathan that I used to take walks like this...
Just before World War II, America was precariously low on cargo ships. Henry Kaiser, an industrialist, had never built ships, but that didn't deter him. He called for an “impossibility conference”...
Where are the modern-day writers who grapple with faith and culture? Are they diminished because of secularism? Image Journal’s Gregory Wolfe, writing...
In many churches today, there is a time in the worship service for the Passing of the Peace. The person leading worship says something like, "The peace of the Lord be with you."...
When I was in junior high school, the English rock band Led Zeppelin released their second album, which featured the song "Whole Lotta Love." Soon, this song was heard on transistor radios and at...
The best leaders aren’t always the smartest or most innovative ones, says Jim Gentry, business manager at McKinney Memorial Bible Church in...
She tells me she doesn’t know how to go back—not after all that we’ve witnessed. And I tell her that going back might be impossible anyway. We can’t un-see what we’ve seen. ...
Have you ever needed mercy? I expect you have. Maybe you needed mercy when you were pulled over for speeding but hoped to avoid a traffic ticket. Perhaps you made a terrible mistake...
What if Jesus wasn't born 2,000 years ago? What is he had lived in our modern times instead? What would that be like?
Fridays are pretty great. We look forward to them. They mark the end of either drudgery or vocation during the week. I don't know about you but I find the mere existence of...
Throughout the past two weeks, we've been hearing the bad news of our condition outside of Christ. We were in bondage to sin, Satan, and the God-opposing power of the world. As we...
Recently, a friend visited our home and was drawn to the living room with its shelves of books.
In general, the church has done a fine job equipping Christians for the "private" areas of their lives: prayer, morality, family life...
Being authentic requires that you know who you are. That’s not easy. All too often our self-image is hopelessly idealized. At other...
I’m no painter, but even I find a blank canvas tempting.
In yesterday's reflection, we saw that our flesh can work against us, leading us deeper into the living death associated with sin and Satan. In particular, our fallen flesh stirs up various desires...
So far in Ephesians 2, we've heard plenty of bad news. We used to be dead in our trespasses and sins. We...
We believe your job—whatever it may be—is a high calling from God. For some of our readers, this site may be the...
