“Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.” –Deuteronomy 8:2 I don’t mean to say God is predictable, but He is consistent […]

I really don’t mean to sound disrespectful, but sometimes it feels like God would be found guilty of being unfaithful based on circumstantial evidence. A financial need goes unmet. A relationship conflict remains unresolved. The biopsy is positive for cancer. A loveless, sexless marriage is endured for another year. Based solely on the circumstances, God […]

My mind is like active radar. It’s continually sweeping the landscape looking for incoming thought traffic. It never stops identifying various thought-blips. Some blips get identified as non-threatening and are allowed to pass through my mind-space unchallenged. It’s going to be sunny today. Michael Phelps won another gold medal. My lone tomato plant is dying […]

I think I’ve put my finger on my greatest sin. That’s not easy, because I have a lot of them. No need to list them. I probably have more than a few in common with you. You know yours, so you probably know mine. The Bible talks about some biggies: murder, lying, adultery stealing and […]

They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the desert? When He struck the rock, water gushed out, and streams flowed abundantly. But can He also give us food? Can He supply meat for His people?” When the LORD heard them, He was very angry…for they did not believe in God or […]

King David has always been a mystery to me. Actually, almost everyone in the Bible is a mystery. We see men and women who experience God greatly, but also greatly sin. It reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw yesterday: Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History. Yes, I know David was not a woman, […]

Ya know when your car is out of alignment and you have to turn the wheel a little just to make the car go straight? I think I’m a lot like that. If I’m not diligent about keeping the wheel pulled a little to the right, I find my mind easily starts to drift across […]

We were born into the middle of a war zone. It’s easy, too easy, to forget that. God and Satan are fighting a war. It’s often an unseen war, but real nonetheless. The battlefield is the mind. Romans 12:1-2 tells us we’re “transformed by the renewing of our minds.” We become more like Christ as […]

I just watched a video of a guy who pretended to choke on a bite of food, but the pretending quickly turned to real choking. At first, those around him thought he was faking, so they did nothing. They were completely unaware he was dying before their eyes. Eventually someone realized what was happening and […]

“Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.” –1 Samuel 25:1 That’s it. Over. Done. Samuel is dead. Israel mourned. They buried him. They moved on. Samuel stood out as a solid guy. He was faithful. He did what God required of him, […]