For the past several years, because of a practice that I first picked up on from my daughter Abbie, I have chosen one specific word to act as identifying my...

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his...

The Judean Province where Jesus was born actually lay beneath a double curse. Their primary burden was the fact that the Romans dominated the Israelites in just about every area...

Hello, Family. This is my absolute favorite time of the year. I am a lifelong card-carrying hopelessly devoted fan of Christmas. With the snow coming down upon us here in...

A coach without a team is just a glorified sports fan. A teacher lacking students is a master of soliloquies. A conductor without an orchestra is just a madman waving...

First Thessalonians 5:18 is one of those Bible verses that you might wish wasn’t there. It calls us to do what we aren’t by nature geared to do. The Apostle...

It was 30 years ago this week when I was still a youth pastor in Dayton, Ohio that my senior pastor came to me with an assignment for the annual...