If we could see how God is weaving and pulling together the strands of our days and weeks and months, there would not be one useless thread to pick out.   What a year 2020 has been. It’s been described by some as a ‘terrible’ year or even the ‘worst year’ globally. Although historians would... Continue Reading

The only vaccination against the viral strains of autonomy, tribalism, and corrupted ambition is to leverage your whole being for connection and service outside of yourself. That’s the only way that we, as people who are created for the glory of God in community, can flourish in a fallen world.   God created all people... Continue Reading

Nothing can alter the finality or efficacy of Christ’s blood. His resurrection is your resurrection. In him, salvation is not merely possible, but actual. This means that you can take great joy in knowing that you are truly safe in God’s mighty hand.   Debate concerning the doctrine of justification is nothing new. In fact,... Continue Reading

He advocated for a mission to bring the gospel to his people in Hawaii. In preparation for that, he developed the first written version of the Hawaiian language, completing a dictionary, grammar, and spelling book, and translated the Book of Genesis into Hawaiian.   Henry ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia lived only 26 years and is seldom known outside... Continue Reading

There really are no good Scriptural reasons to avoid childbearing. If you are providentially hindered from having children, perhaps the Lord is calling you to adopt children. Either way, as Christians, we ought to delight in seeing children in our congregations, our homes, and our circle of friends.   Imagine the Brady Bunch, the hit... Continue Reading

What tastes of sweet honey to us is bitter to the unbeliever. Paul describes the cross as “foolishness to the perishing” (1 Corinthians 1:18). That is why we must know the Gospel, live the Gospel, and, most importantly, share the Gospel.   For those of us who know Christ, two simple words hold the key... Continue Reading

Oh, the sweet thought of eternal glory and the eternal fellowship with God that awaits believers should comfort us and give us much hope!   If you have been following my blog for some time now, you know that I love to take situations from life and draw parallels between them and the Bible’s teaching. ... Continue Reading

Jesus has all the experience, skill, and grace to help nervous believers negotiate steep slopes. His wise, bold, example and loving, beckoning, call encourages the timid to trust His voice.   My greatest passion in life (from a secular point of view) is to ski deep powder off-piste, in crystalline shimmering sunlight, while cutting new,... Continue Reading

The Greek word translated “ashamed” (epai­schunomai) refers to being embarrassed or fearful of ridicule, but it can also refer to despising or rejecting. When Jesus warns against being “ashamed” of Him and of His words, He has more in mind than simply outward profession.   There has not been a more crucial time in recent... Continue Reading

Worry grasps for control. It does not trust God to do what we want. So it foolishly tries to usurp the prerogative that belongs only to God. “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:7, NKJV). I typically follow the pattern of B-L-E-S-S... Continue Reading