Goldilocks understood something that we often miss: happiness is found in the sweet spot between too much and too little. Happiness is found in expecting the right things of the right things. She tried the extremes but found contentment in the third option. So must we. It’s not easy to take a step back and... Continue Reading

Someone may have already counseled you to flee the scene when sexual temptation strikes — close the computer, put away your phone, leave the house, take a walk. It’s good advice. And it’s made better when we don’t just flee from sin, but flee to something. What if we took a walk and deliberately looked... Continue Reading

We are God’s workmanship of grace. The deeds of the flesh point to what proceeds from the natural man (unregenerate) and is the product of self-effort. The fruit of the Spirit point to what proceeds from the spiritual man (regenerate) and is the product of the Spirit.  “Deeds” speak to an assortment of godless behavior... Continue Reading

Fatherly love, correction, and direction is so important to us as human beings. And yet, in our time, it is so broken. I praise God for His grace where He is restoring fathers to homes and raising up new generations to be godly fathers. But regardless of whatever the situation is with our relationship with... Continue Reading

“God’s command may require courage and come with opposition.” Those words probably prepared me for some of the opposition I received. But I was nineteen and naive, I couldn’t have imagined what God had prepared for me. Within days after I wrote those words, I learned that my closest friends wanted nothing to do with me... Continue Reading

You might not be dancing for the Lord, but do you have at least an internal excitement for the Lord? Do you have a passion? This all connects with something C. S. Lewis said in a little book he wrote on the Psalms. He said, “The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is... Continue Reading

Our lives are not contiguous straight lines of points where we see God’s will clearly at each one so we can move forward in spiritual maturity to the next command. No, this life is filled with seemingly haphazard circumstances that seem to pull us in every direction except where we think God wants us to... Continue Reading

We need to be reminded of God’s aseity because we are often guilty of using our own characteristics and experiences as the template for understanding the attributes of God. This can make God seem just like one of us, if we were able to keep our New Year’s resolutions. But that is not God. Our... Continue Reading

The action taken by those who know God is their reaction to the anti-God trends which they see operating around them. While their God is being defied and disregarded, they cannot rest. They feel they must do something; the dishonor due to God’s name goads them into action. This is exactly what we see happening in... Continue Reading

It’s alarming that our culture is more outraged by good police officers who shoot and injure black criminals than they are outraged by (black) criminals who kill good police officers. And it’s also alarming that our culture is also much more outraged by what police officers did to Blake than what Blake allegedly did to... Continue Reading