“Jesus, why are you being so insensitive? Why don’t you care more about the people? Don’t you realize that the people you just chased out of the Temple are good guys?”   In our day, we wouldn’t be surprised if this was in Mark 11:15-19, the account of Jesus driving the money changers out of... Continue Reading

Updates are important. Marriage status can change. Ministry status can change. Recently, I was able to move one of the men on my “Wreckage” list back over to my “Pastors” list. About a week later, unfortunately, I had to move another name from the “Pastors” to the “Wreckage” list.   I have always known that... Continue Reading

Why ask God for a Legal Avenger? Not to bring justice, but to show sin. What causes sin? I do. What reveals it? The law does. What if I had never heard the law, and David’s request for a harsh Avenger is not granted?   Should you then abandon David’s plea that God use his... Continue Reading

If an unjust judge who couldn’t care less about his people can be pestered into doing the right thing, then so would a righteous and loving God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night. But the portrait of the judge caving in to the widow’s incessant nagging still doesn’t feel... Continue Reading

Dads do not babysit; they parent. Allowing Mom to rest while dad takes care of the child is a worthy objective, but the primary focus is not giving mom a break. Dads who view baby care as serving their wives may still view the mom as the primary person responsible for parenting. This mind-set runs... Continue Reading

As we grow to be more like Jesus and encourage others in the same, our interests will change, the ways we do things will brighten, and our approach to everything—all aspects of our cultural lives—will be more and more to bring glory to God rather than to pursue mere self-indulgence (1 Cor. 10.31). Those who... Continue Reading

Jeremiah 10:12 affirms that God made the earth by His power. The great fiery Sun, the innumerable stars, every single leaf, all humanity, every cloud, sunrise and sunset, and every atom and proton and neutron and every single cell made, designed, carefully crafted by God and upheld to function according to God’s perfect wisdom all... Continue Reading

Everything and everyone will face death. Every piece of nature dies. Every human, flora, and fauna dies. This world is full of death and decay. Because of sin, death is the end for every living thing. Despite the beauty that exists, despite the fact that God brings life from decay, everything we see and experience... Continue Reading

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I... Continue Reading

When humanity violated God’s perfect law, they failed to pay God what they owed (they had broken the Covenant of Works), what He deserved as their Creator. By their fall into sin and misery, human beings were no longer able to pay in full. In fact, they were unable to pay at all.    Years... Continue Reading