There’s one thing we can give to Jesus that no-one else can give, and it’s the one thing that most of us struggle with regularly in our frantic, time-starved, device driven, non-stop lives. We tend to be very selfish with it and can find many ways to justify keeping it to ourselves. Our time. As…

Are you skeptical of God’s goodness? Most people are, at least sometimes. We all have our scripts as to how we want to see our lives work out: our kid’s happy and marrying well; having enough resources to live on both now and even after we possibly might retire; getting that sought after job; sustaining…

Most of you won’t relate to what I am about to write. But you probably know someone who could. I don’t know about you, but I have resigned myself to the fact that not all people will make their way to faith in Christ, including people I care for very much. Scripture speaks of one…

That’s what the recent cover of Time Magazine asks. Time magazine reached back to 1966 in form and color when they posed the question “Is God Dead?” While God may still be “dead” or a non-issue to many people today, questioning the existence of “truth” is very much “alive” whether debated in the context of…

You just might be, even more so than you care to admit. This is truer in the lives of people of faith than we might realize. It may not be the monster under our beds or the scary animal hiding in our closets, but we sometimes are still vulnerable to paralysis and meltdown when crises,…

Are we living similar to those under Jewish law, relying on a “process” to experience God’s forgiveness when we sin instead of acknowledging this solution has been accomplished for us in Christ? It was thought by many at the time that John the Baptist was the long awaited Jewish Messiah. He would have no part…

Where are you in the learning process? In this age of instant access to facts and info, are you learning what God has said to you in the Bible? Is doctrine important to you, or do you see it as dull and irrelevant, maybe food for someone else’s thought? Let me state two reasons why…

A dead man walked and that means what? Today was an unusual day, but perhaps in some “sideways” way it was God’s response to my prayers. God’s replies are not always clear to me. I hope you fare better than that. My day began by meeting again with a young man who months ago blew…

Jesus, surely you don’t mean me? Do you ever catch yourself breezing through a passage of scripture, especially one you have read a time or two before, and close your Bible at the end satisfied that you’ve “done your time” but thinking nothing much struck me this time around? It happens. In Matthew 25 Jesus…

Does your idea of God resemble God? Whether you’ve ever considered this to be serious business, I want to encourage you to believe it is. Very important indeed. A.W. Tozer, noted Pastor, preacher and author, was a man who drank water from a much deeper spiritual well than I would ever expect to. Tozer says…

When Jesus invites you to go fishing, you may be surprised by the results. Peter certainly learned that from the account in Luke 5, but you and I could probably share a “fish story” or two that run along a similar path. All of us have certain areas where we sense a degree of competence.…

Was it different for the “upstart” Christians in the book of Acts than for us today, or are there some striking similarities? There really is a lot to admire when looking at their example in creating a world-wide faith movement. Most were unsophisticated, regular folks, just like you and me. They were teachers, businesswomen, farmers,…