Winging It

David wrote, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart” (Psa 37:4). Jesus promised, “If you abide in Me,...

Someone recently asked me, “Is it a sin to speed?” The question naturally arises from Romans 13—where we’re told, “Let every person be subje...

(Lorna asked ... I'm answering.) The two sayings in Proverbs 26—“Answer not a fool according to his folly” and “Answer a fool according ...

When the Bible says that God “foreknew” people, it’s not talking about mere advance awareness. An omniscient God doesn’t need a special word...

We don’t like to think about an angry God. Older Christians did. You know, the “fire and brimstone preacher” warning of “the wrath of God.” ...

There has been discussion over the centuries as to whether Romans 7 is a saved Paul or an unsaved Paul. That is, is Paul speaking in that ch...

The War Monger Trump is considering starting a war in Mali. That’s the media’s take . The truth is Trump is threatening to strike a terrori...

Paul makes a stunning claim in Ephesians 5: marriage isn’t just similar to Christ and the Church—it’s an image of it. A living parable. A Go...

One of the recurring surprises of reading the Bible is discovering how often God refuses to behave the way we think a “proper” God should. W...

“Believe in yourself” is one of those phrases that shows up everywhere—graduation speeches, children’s books, motivational posters, even com...

“Live your truth” is one of the defining slogans of our cultural moment. It’s embroidered on throw pillows, printed on journals, and sprinkl...

“You do you” is one of those phrases that sounds harmless enough. It’s short, punchy, and carries a kind of breezy confidence. It promises f...

When I read Psalm 23, I’m struck again by how deeply personal it is. David isn’t offering a doctrinal lecture; he’s confessing a lived reali...

An Evil Twist A pro-Palestine protest in Sweden sported a mock Auschwitz gate with “Gaza” written on it to mock Israel … for defending the...

Hebrews 11 is often referred to as “the faith chapter.” You know, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things ...

Most Christians love that passage in Romans where Paul writes, “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through ou...

Maybe you’ve experienced this. A person asks for “prayer requests,” and what follows is something much like, “Have you heard about Suzy???”—...

There’s a sense in the 21st century church that it’s more for women than for men, that men don’t think it’s “manly.” I’ve heard it often eno...

It's Monday, and I hope every one of you believers went to church yesterday. That got me to thinking. In 2020, COVID made its appearance...

Recently, in some comments, we discussed Adam and Eve and the question of whether God’s grace and mercy can be experienced without the Fall—...