I was thinking about the feast many of us would be enjoying today and then thought of the feast God has provided for us in Jesus Christ. As we eat our earthly feast today, let's not forget to give thanks for the heavenly...

Earlier this summer I wrote about II Chronicles 20 (the story of King Jehoshaphat) and importance of praise in fighting the enemy.  At the time I said we were launching a praise assault. I'd like to relaunch the pr...

I've continued reading (and rereading) in Matthew, and I've gotten so far off my scheduled reading of a chapter a day, but at this point God has got me on His schedule. Eventually I'll pick up again. There are a few ...

Imagine yourself talking to your best friend. Now imagine him being a nonbeliever. You're in the middle of a conversation talking about each other's lives and, at, the end of a sentence, you say, "Isn't ...

Continuing on with my series of letters on assurance and fighting for joy,,, Dear friend in Christ, I never really quite understood these words in Proverbs 31: she can laugh at the days to come (NIV) But now I think ...

I'm a follower of Christ, yet I subscribe to Calvinism because I believe it is Biblical doctrine. I have fellowship with plenty of Christians who disagree about Calvinism, and I will agree to disagree with them in love. ...

Last Monday, I believe it was, the Lord wouldn't let me fall asleep until I'd typed out a letter of resignation.  Now I know why.  I read once from Dr. John Weborg that: "the Gospel is about Jesus returning to those who killed Him."...

During my last 9 years of living in Chicago, other than attending seminary, I also DJ’d at a (secular) heavy metal station called “Rebel Radio”.  Rebel Radio is known by many, not only as an awesome metal station ...

Some of that down-under humor, er, humour, from my friend llamalima (or perhaps it's just a bad universal joke): How do you kill a circus...? Go for the juggler. "Circus Amok Jugglers" by David Shankbone, New York Ci...

We're not all like that, and they're misrepresenting our God.  We're sorry. I think we need to start a campaign for that.  In chapter 11 of Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller talks about how he and his friends made a reverse confessional and put it out on campus....