Winging It

We Christians in particular tend to extremes. We're either the "righteous indignation" type ... the "moral superiority...

We're promised lots of good things in Scripture. Love, joy, peace. More than conquerors. The love of God. Grace, salvation, eternal life...

We like to think we have a good grasp of Scripture. Sometimes we don't. It's easy to pluck a verse out of context and make it say so...

I have a sweet niece who's getting married this year. I found myself thinking ... what would I want to say to this young man by way of c...

I remember years ago I was leading a Bible study at a friend's house with a random group of people. It was Halloween week and we were di...

Sheep are prominent in Scripture. Isaiah wrote, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and YHWH ...

Noses and Faces Cities across the nation held anti-ICE demonstrations, demanding the removal and elimination of ICE. I do wonder how they...

Jesus approached a man laying at the pool called Bethesda. According to the text, he had been an invalid for 38 years. And Jesus asked what ...

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. (Php 4:13) That's one of those "poster verses." You know ... the kind you...

I hear these songs about "the name of Jesus." There's "In Jesus Name" where they sing, "I speak the name of Jes...

In Deuteronomy we read, "Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it" (Deut 12:...

Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the da...

My wife's father died last year, propelling us into the daunting task of being the trustees for his trust. One of the tasks we had to ca...

Message Received? More than a few countries have restrictions or bans on social media for children. Australia was the most recent, and Fra...

Paul wrote to the church at Corinth "For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all di...

We like to point out that we need to "hate the sin but love the sinner." It sounds right and good. But ... is it biblical ? Let...

I remember my mother used to sing a little ditty which included the line, "Life gets tedious, don't it?" How's that for an...

I'm sure we've all asked at some time or another. "Is it a sin to ... ?" fill in the blank. It's an interesting questi...

Jesus declared Himself "the Truth" (John 14:6). He only spoke truth. He didn't lie ... because God cannot lie (Titus 1:2). So ...

The phrase, "It's complicated," has become ubiquitous in our current culture. It really took off in Facebook when they answere...

The New Tolerance Protesters in St. Paul (ironic name for this story) disrupted a church service at a church where the pastor is also a lo...

Some time ago I became aware of the fact that the meanings of names ... had meaning. I talked to a guy from Iran who told me his parents nam...

Blaise Pascal was a 17th century philosopher and mathematician. One of his most famous works is Pensées ("Thoughts"). In it he po...

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness ..." (...

Joel Osteen wrote his popular book, Your Best Life Now , explaining how we can, right now, be happy, healthy, and rich. Or something similar...