The Christian life is nuanced. We talk about giving your heart to Jesus, but what does that mean really? Choosing Jesus as your Savior? Well, that's part of it, for sure. Accepting the Bible as the Word of God? Certainly that too. But, there's [...]

When it comes to receiving salvation, you believe in Jesus who has died for you, and you have everlasting life. It's all due to what Jesus has done, and you receive it by faith. But once you're saved you surrender, and you do so daily, that can be [...]

A lot of the time a commercial airline that is in flight, it's on autopilot. It's being flown less by the pilot and more by computerized navigation systems. And we're very glad that it works very well, but while autopilot works for planes, it [...]

How easily people forget? Abraham lived in Canaan, his nephew Lot nearer to Sodom, and the Bible says the men of Sodom were wicked. After the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were defeated in battle, Abraham fought and delivered them. He recovered their [...]

What would you do with scoundrel, a lier or a swindler, a con man, a cheat, a low life? Usually you don't have to worry, because the justice system typically decides. But what does God do with that type of character? You know, what Jacob did to his [...]

It's an interesting thing that Abraham was so involved with the choosing of a wife or Isaac, given that Abraham himself had such a bad track record when it came to marriage. Things got so out of shape in Abraham's marriage with Sarah, that Abraham [...]

So what is it with a 40 year old man allowing his father to choose his wife? Well, Abraham didn't do the choosing. He sent a servant, and the servant found Isaac's wife, but here's the key: a wife for Isaac through whom Abraham knew the covenant [...]

The problem when it came time for Abraham's son Isaac to get married was that Isaac lived in the midst of idol worshipers. There was no way Isaac would be able to find a wife locally who wasn't necked deep in apostasy. So, Abraham sent a servant [...]

That Bible story about Abraham offering his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God both answers and raises several questions. If you're a parent, then your children have seen you at your best, and somewhere close to your worst. The example, of some parents [...]

The Bible tells us Abraham raised his children and educated the servants to know the God of heaven. This paid off in the life of his son Isaac. God told Abraham to sacrifice his son. With a heavy heart they traveled to the land of Moriah, where [...]

You need a license to drive a car or to own a firearm, but anyone at all can raise a child. It's a colossal responsibility, yet many people enter into that without any preparation whatsoever. Many children enter the world without much of a chance. [...]

Take a look at this: it's very un-21st century. This is what God said about Abraham, and I'm sure God wishes he could say it more today. Genesis 18:19, "I know him", God said, "That he will command his children and his household after [...]

This is is an interesting one. In Hebrews 13:2 a fascinating episode in Abraham's life is referred to, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares". Makes your wonder a little bit, doesn't [...]

The apostle Paul was awaiting execution in a prison cell in Rome when he wrote his final epistle, his second letter to Timothy. You can feel the sting in 2 Timothy 4:10, "Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed [...]

General Daniel Jones was the first African-American to attain to the rank of four-star general in the U.S military. Earlier in his career he was one of the famed Tuskegee airmen, and he's quoted as saying "Freedom must be repurchased by every [...]

If there was someone who knew what it was like to lose his grip, that person was Peter. From "I'm willing to die for you" to "I don't even know the man" in just a couple of hours. So, the advice he gives comes from someone who [...]

I had someone ask me recently if I like cilantro. In the United States the leaves and stalk of cilantro, the dried seeds are called coriander. He asked me if I thought cilantro tasted like soap. I thought that was weird, but people who don't like it [...]

We are only human, and so we struggle. And it's true that life can deliver some punches that at times feel like knockout blows. It might be something in your family, something with your children, your parents, something unexpected, some real hard [...]

Hanford Washington was a small agricultural community until it became the site of a major plutonium production plant in the 1940s, assisting in the United States government's defense program. That challenged decades later is that the Hanford site [...]

The Ganges river flows for 1700 miles, starting in northern India and then winding its way ultimately to the bay of Bengal. In Hinduism, it's considered to be a god, but according to the United Nations, it is woefully polluted. Unfortunately, it's [...]

Take a look at the planet, and you'll see that vast areas of the globe are essentially uninhabitable. The Sahara desert in Africa covers an area of three and a half million square miles, that's an area almost as large as the entire United States. [...]

What would it be saying about God, if he dispensed forgiveness without deliverance? What if God's plan was that saved people were not transformed? First John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to [...]

Now, what I'm about to say might sound a little convenient, maybe even trite, but this is what God said to Adam, just after Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit that grew on the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. God said, "do not", and [...]

Jehu was a no-nonsense action man, zealous for the honor of God. After praising his own zeal for God, he put to death not only the family of King Ahab, but also a multitude of the worshipers of Baal. The Bible says he destroyed Baal out of Israel, [...]

A few years ago numerous predictions stated that roads would be full of driverless cars by 2021; well that hasn't happened, yet. Some countries stated they were going to achieve carbon neutrality by now or by nearly now, and that ain't happening, at [...]

Judgment is easy: you see someone break a commandment, that person is a commandment breaker simple. In fact, that person has judged themselves. But there's often far more to a situation like that than meets the eye. That person may well be going [...]

When it was found that a 16-year-old girl had leukemia and desperately needed a bone marrow donor, her parents chose to conceive a child in the hope that the baby's bone marrow might match, and it did. Everything that could have gone wrong didn't, [...]

A Roman jail cell was probably the last place on earth Paul wanted to be. Uncomfortable, isolated, hot and summer, cold in winter, and no shortage of enemies. He was almost certain to be put to death, and ultimately he was. But notice what he says [...]

After rioting rocked an American city in 2015, a state of emergency was declared, a curfew was enforced. And 2,000 national guard troops were called in to assist police. A gang leader was quoted as saying, "Much of the rage behind the rioting [...]

Christianity is a great leveler, demonstrating no person is any more special than the next. The president of a great nation, a famous celebrity, the wealthiest billionaire, a doctor, teacher, retail worker, bus driver, all have one thing in common - [...]

The terrorist attack she survived killed more than 200 people. Despite her terrible injury she bravely endured surgery after surgery. When she saw the men who were eventually tried for the savage attack, Therese Fox said "They didn't look [...]

There's this tension, isn't there between faith and works? We're saved by grace through faith, no one is saved by works, by their good deeds. But Revelation 20:13 says very clearly that people are "Judged every man according to their [...]

There are some things you don't want to be too busy for. You can't afford to be too busy to pray, or read the Bible, or go to church. It's cold, it's hot, I'm tired, we're busy, it's been a rough week: all bad excuses. And sliding in late and [...]

How do you know God loves? You got a raise, your kids are healthy, your parents stayed together, your spouse responded well to treatment, there was a miracle that car didn't hit you, your dog got well, sure sure, but no. I mean, yes those things are [...]

You are motivated to get up in the morning for a number of reasons: you've got to get to work or school, you don't want to be late, you have things to do, your pride means you don't want to seem like a slacker. Hunger gets you to the grocery store, [...]

I think it's normal for a person to get frustrated at their spiritual lack, their incompleteness. Their proclivity to fail as a Christian and fall into temptation. And part of that is right. You should desire spiritual growth, and falling should [...]

That person who's a thief, or a gambler, or a drinker and enjoys those things but wants to honor God and wants to go to heaven is at some stage going to have to make the decision that those things have to go, and that's a challenge. You lose your [...]

It's interesting the things we get tired of, and the things we don't mind doing again and again. You'll hear people say that the Christian life is too much, that they fail again and again, they can't take the constant grind of it all. But when you [...]

The question is: how can a person change, actually become new, and live a life of Christian Integrity? Non-Christians get frustrated with hypocritical Christians. And most Christians don't want to live like hypocrites, but it can be that you feel [...]

If I said Judas, you'd think the man who betrayed Jesus, the thief, and you'd be right of course. If I mentioned John, you'd say Revelation, the gospel, the one Jesus loved. If I asked you what John was like, it would then dawn on you that Jesus [...]