** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my very dear friend, Ella! I have had the delight of walking alongside this 16 year old...

Adam stood alone in Eden, and though it was a lush paradise in a world entirely untainted by sin… Though he knew the friendship and...

“Love has its speed. It is a spiritual speed. It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed. It...

How Jesus Plus Nothing is Still the “Good News” we Need Do you remember the time when Jesus preached a message so controversial that all...

As I am writing, I am looking across breathtaking plains on a cool morning in South Africa where our missions team has had the joy to...

Recently God whispered a word that has breathed such life into me, I haven’t been able to keep it to myself. Standing before several...

Over the past few months, I have been wrestling with some challenges in my health that reached a level of pronounced concern a week and a...

** I am HONORED to feature a guest blog from my very dear friend, Sophia! As she prepares to turn 16 next month, I have had the delight...

My wife, Jill, is my best friend. When I first laid eyes on her 30 years ago, I knew only that she was beautiful and being in the same...

Jesus and His disciples were headed into Jerusalem, the Holy City, for Passover, one of the most Holy Feasts for the Jewish people. This...

When the religious elite of Jesus’ day called Him a “friend of tax collectors and sinners,” they didn’t mean it as a compliment. These...

Jesus burst onto the scene 2,000 years ago with an authority no one had ever seen before. He was also a master of words, painting...

Seven years ago, I received a promise from God that came in a miraculous display. Over a period of a month, eight separate people came to...

John 3:16. It shows up on posters at sports events and is memorized by little kids at Vacation Bible School. It is perhaps the most...

“Forever.” I’ve always been drawn to the emotional romanticism of that word. From the time I was young, I remember belting it out in any...

Jesus came to give us “life to its fullest” (Jn. 10:10). How do we know when we’re ‘in’ it? What are the telltale signs of a life truly...

From the earliest times, oil has been used as a representation for the Holy Spirit’s work in us, with the Bible mentioning being...

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they...

There aren’t many passages of Scripture more quoted than the beautiful promise and prose of the 23rd Psalm. In six brief verses, King...

"All around me are familiar faces Worn-out places, worn-out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere......