There is a quiet comfort here for believers. If you feel out of place in a world that loves exaggeration, division, and manipulation, that is not a strange thing. It may be a sign that the Lord has given you a taste for truth and peace.      Some days it feels tiring to live... Continue Reading

We were created out of relationship. The verses represent perhaps a bit of a conversation among the persons of the Trinity: “Let us make man in our image…” Man was not created because of some kind of deficit in the Trinity. That is to say, God did not make man because He was lonely. Or... Continue Reading

Where did the son go when all other hope was gone? Home. Who was at home waiting for him? His father. No doubt, the father in this parable didn’t just happen to see his son in the distance. He was looking for him, never giving up hope that his son would return home to receive... Continue Reading

Whether you’re a high-end leader in a glass tower or a sojourner under a bridge, you can find rest when your soul is anchored in the riches of Christ. Your life, your circumstances, your lot — all are handcrafted by God for your good and His glory.     How does your soul handle change?... Continue Reading

There is a reason God had to give a commandment in the New Testament to let no one neglect the assembling together of God’s people as is the manner of some ( Heb. 10:24-25). The Scriptures warned that there would be a problem of people saying they don’t need to come to church. We live... Continue Reading

The spiritual condition in Judah at the time was so bad that the temple was in gross disrepair and the Word of God had been lost potentially for fifty-seven years, which was the combined reign of the previous two wicked kings. Judah needed a spiritual revival. So, in the eighteenth year of his reign, Josiah... Continue Reading

What can explain such rage and fury against One so good, so holy, so righteous, so kind, so powerful, and so benevolent?   When we read the four Gospel accounts (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), we are astounded at the vast numbers of human beings that our blessed Lord Jesus Christ cured (of every kind... Continue Reading

I was 18 and home, face planted in the pillows strewn about my bed. My Bible lay open next to me, each verse a reminder that I’d lost God’s favor. Each kind promise reassured me that it wasn’t mine.     For many years, I lived in a world where failure cordoned off God’s presence,... Continue Reading

When the church in Jerusalem was struggling to minister to the widows in Acts 6, the answer was to find godly men to address the problem. The situation was volatile. Some women were being overlooked in the daily distribution, and the oversight looked like ethnic prejudice to boot (v. 1). The apostles knew they couldn’t... Continue Reading

“God only is the saint’s treasure and chief good; he lays up treasure in heaven and this treasure is God.”    What is it that we, as Christians, long for? What is it that we crave? What is it that will quiet our restless hearts? We want forgiveness, for we know our rebellion. We want... Continue Reading