Some people resist the spiritual tug of war all their lives. Some succumb, some hold out strong. Some come very late to the table. The Bible says some very clear things about this. While it might seem unfair, it is… Read More ›
Calling
Making Choices: Door #1, #2, or #3
We’re sometimes faced with very difficult choices. Our decisions to go through one door or another can have tremendous implications for our life and others. Where is God in our decision-making? ♦ Some may remember that popular TV game show, Let’s Make… Read More ›
The 60-Minute Christian
The modern person of faith is challenged to live out their spiritual beliefs in the midst of everyday living. They problem is that we’re satisfied with that. ♦ People of faith, regardless the religion, can be mapped along a spectrum of… Read More ›
Running the Race to Win, Place, or Show?
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. ♦ That line… Read More ›
God, Careers and Pivots
We will have many jobs throughout our careers. What does God have to do with the choices we make? Good question. What about major career pivots? ♦ It used to be simple for one to select their career or vocation. You… Read More ›
Easter Like You’ve Never Known
As Easter approaches, both Christian and secular camps gear up for their normal treatment of an internationally acknowledged Holy Day. Why not experience it like never before? ♦ So here comes another Easter season with all of its Christian and secular… Read More ›
Hot, Cold or Lukewarm in the Marketplace?
The speaker (Pat Gelsinger) was a marketplace leader who responded to the clarion call in his youth to step fully into his Christian faith: to be neither cold or worse, lukewarm, but to be “hot for God. ♦ There’s a strong and… Read More ›
What’s Your Motivation? What’s Your Driver?
We’re all driven by something. That motivator deep inside of us that moves us to run, hide, push, or even let go. There’s a myriad of circumstances, values, idols and emotions that can drive one’s life. Sometimes we’re not even… Read More ›
Wise, Powerful, Bold and Ordinary
The origin of any institution should be understood and even studied as it provides insight into initial intent, power and heart, regardless of modern deviations from its roots. ♦ In the initial days following the ascension of Christ (40 days after… Read More ›
God and Vocational Direction
It wasn’t until my mid-40’s that I awoke to a deeper understanding of full surrender in the area of one’s vocation. ♦ Many years ago a pastor at our church speaking to a group of men on the topic of… Read More ›
Yesterday, Today, and the New Year
A year winds down and another starts immediately. What did we learn yesterday that helps us today and prepares, or even leads us, to tomorrow? ♦ We’re still in the bubble or even afterglow of the Christmas season. We have… Read More ›
Solomon, Purpose and Meaning
To discover our true purpose in life we must reach beyond our own thinking of purpose and reach for the supernatural. ♦ In his best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren establishes that one’s life on this planet is… Read More ›
Biblical Viewpoint 