“If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but the true mercy. If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true,...

I find myself getting irrationally angry at the “misbehavior” of my 20 month old daughter.  Misbehavior is in quotes because rationally,...

Its the old cliche about keeping up with the cool kids, the neighbors across the street who just put in the swimming pool or parked a...

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning...

As a kid, I was someone who always knew what was going on with people at school.  I was the first to be able to report the “did you...

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a...

It is amazing how quick I am to exclude various aspects of my life from the reach of the Gospel.  What I mean is that I am a “new law”...

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.  Psalm 139:16 If my...

About Benjamin he said: “Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves...

Then a voice came from the throne, saying:   “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both great and small!”  Then I...

But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have...

Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.”  On hearing the Philistine’s...

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.  Obey them not only...

Guilt is so heavy, controlling and at the same time paralyzing.  Guilt is full of condemnation and permanence.  Guilt is void of hope...

On the radio this morning I heard a man speaking on behalf of Evangelical Christians in the political arena.  He was discussing an...

I remember having a t-shirt made for my varsity soccer players, when I used to coach, that said, “There is No Off Season for Champions!”...

One of the most agitating habits of my 6 year old son is to refuse to obey until I answer “But why?” to convince him it would be a good...

Having a one year old in the house is so much fun.  All we have to do is break into some kind of song or chant and Martha Jane jumps...

For some reason the other morning, when I was coming out of the Y, the stickers on the back of the car next to mine caught my attention....

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.  Obey them not only...