God does not want his children to live in constant dread concerning the state of their souls. He wants us to have a rock-solid confidence that we are loved and accepted by him in Jesus. However, early on in my Christian life, I struggled on and off for several years with doubts about my own […]

I saw the cover of a children’s book recently that had a blurb on the cover ensuring parents that reading this book to their children would take less than three minutes “so you can get on with your lives.” What a despicable view of parenting — as if children are just a hassle to our […]

When one looks around at the world, reasons for rejoicing often seem few and far between. The news about our world is a constant stream of strife, war, disease, tragedy, death, injustice, corruption, oppression, wickedness, perversion, immorality, and sorrow. The seemingly obvious conclusion when viewing all of this is that the Lord either is not […]

We are drawn to the murder mystery novel. It calls to a desire we have for another world, where the crime is always solved. We are moral creatures living in a moral universe, and we long for justice. Swift. Immediate. But the broken hearts of thousands of Nigerian widows, whose husbands were murdered by Islamic […]

The television shows I grew up watching, especially sitcoms, often portrayed husbands as bumbling fools rarely to be followed. I recall Deborah Barone (from Everybody Loves Raymond) looking annoyedly at her husband, Ray, and growling, “Idiot!” The Bible takes a different view of husbands. Paul wrote: “Wives, submit to your own husbands,” adding that a […]

The night before Jesus was crucified, during his upper room discourse, he said this to his disciples: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another” (John 13:34). His example of love was to be their model for love. […]

We live in a society that has become a cesspool of sexual filth. But sexual immorality is not only pervasive in our culture, it is present in the church. If anger has slain its thousands among believers, then sexual sin has slain its tens of thousands. Tragically, it has likely devoured many of you at […]

Perhaps you’ve been there — all alone, maybe even afraid. The outlook seems so bleak, the path forward so dark and uncertain. Suddenly, somebody comes along and just their presence brightens the path ahead and gives you strength. Such relief! Joshua was faced with an overwhelming situation as he was about to lead the Israelites […]

If you are a Christian, you need not fear or dread suffering. In fact, when suffering is one day viewed from the perspective of your future in eternal glory, you will be thankful for it. Please don’t misunderstand. No one enjoys suffering, or seeks out suffering, or hopes for suffering, or wants other believers to […]