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 ›
Jesus
Choose Your Loyalty
In our own lifetime, Bob Dylan once profoundly noted in song: “You’re going to have to serve somebody.” Almost 3500 years earlier, Joshua, the great successor to Moses, made the original call to action: “Choose this day whom you will serve.” People… Read More ›
Prodigal Sons, Daughters, and Parents
We’re all prodigals at some level – reckless, selfish and rebellious. There’s a good news gospel thread in the popular Bible story of a wayward child that gives hope and assurance to all of us whether a son, a daughter,… Read More ›
An Ambitious but Foolish King
Power is fleeting. As is fame, fortune and far-reaching influence. Here’s a story of an high-performing king who lost his way, reputation, and life. Though his name is never mentioned, he is clearly identified in prophetic Scripture. ♦ God is not… Read More ›
Modern Fatherhood – Good or Great?
It’s easy to be a good father, or so it would appear. But what does it really take to be a great father? ♦ On the heels of a Father’s Day weekend, it struck me that the bar for acceptable fatherhood… Read More ›
Small and Too Proud: the Atheists
There is widespread secularism if not growing atheism. Their position is understandable yet woefully misguided and even ignorant of that which they criticize or choose to ignore. ♦ There is a modern-day assumption that atheism is on the rise and that… Read More ›
Peace that Surpasses Understanding. Really?
Many believe that a life following God is supposed to be without struggles and stress. Where is real peace? Here’s a 3-Way Peace Plan. ♦ There’s much anxiety in every productive life. Pressures to produce, to perform, to create, to earn, to… Read More ›
Evil – Nature or Nurture?
A mass killing in Santa Barbara revives the longstanding debate on evil. Is evil in our nature or is it developed and nurtured? Yes and yes; of course it is. ♦ We’ve all now heard the horrific story of the deranged… Read More ›
Seek What First?
Some people believe if we “seek God’s kingdom and righteousness” then everything will work out well. After all, God works all things out for good, right? ♦ In Matthew 6, Christ tells the crowd of people to not be anxious for… Read More ›
God is Not Dead
“Ultimately, the Darwinian theory of evolution is no more or less than the great cosmogenic myth of [our time].” Try dropping that bombshell statement on your secular friends or your college professor! ♦ The quote above comes from Dr. Michael Denton, molecular… 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 ›