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Dear grandkids What will you do when people disappoint you, or things don’t turn out as you expected? We have always been optimists. We...

“For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8 ESVi)

What is the point and the value of all the philosophies if they cannot deal with the problems of life?

The older I get the more I realize that there are things that I just don’t like. A fair question is, why don’t I like them?

The apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 2 and verse 10 that God is always out in front of us.

The majority of Americans do not know how to “think.” Thinking is a process that reading can and does fuel.

The western Christian world is constantly swirling with new programs for discipleship.

Because my mom and dad both worked, I was on my own during vacation times from school.

In light of the news this last week, I thought it wise to reissue some thoughts from one year ago. Time does not necessarily heal our...

This brings us full cycle back to my original contention: our lives are more important than our “ministries.”

War in Ukraine the very place we lived, our children lived and our grandchildren were born. Today Ukraine is in war!

A mate from a whole and healthy family Common spiritual desires and disciplines.

The essential background to the cross, therefore, is a balanced understanding of the gravity of sin and the majesty of God.

We have all seen and experienced vanity too many times. The more vain we are, the easier it is to see. What is harder to decipher is envy.

Church history has left us at least two ways that we should interpret God’s relationship to us: covenants and dispensations.

I believe our times overseas has given me an understanding heart for the foreigner.

You all well know that grandma loves animals. I suppose in a different life, we might have been farmers!!!

The most dramatic characteristic of a follower of Christ is the presence of the Holy Spirit in their body.

One of the powerful concepts seen in our needed interdependence with other leaders, is the constant critique of “isolated” ignorance.

One of the difficult things in the church today is unity. Part of what makes it difficult is wether it's built upon the right convictions.

While working in our 20s’ as youth pastor in Northern California.

The generational yet personal question that every Jesus follower must regularly ask, is, in a more colloquial way, what are you waiting for?

Life is full of anxieties. Not all of them can or will be resolved.

I was thirteen when God called me to be a missionary oversea. Our church was very missionary minded.