If You’ve Said “No” to God Before, There’s Still Time To Say “Yes”
This is for somebody out there – maybe several somebodies: if you’ve said “no” to God about anything in the past, you still have time to change it to a […]
Category Archives: Obedience
Faithfully Serving God, Right Where You Are
There is a misconception that exists among Christians that says the highest calling you can have as a Christian is to be a pastor or a missionary. That you can’t […]
What’s going on in the Christian’s life, as we work & wait between salvation & heaven?
So – here we are – in this in-between time. For those of us who have trusted in the saving work of Jesus on our behalf, we live between new […]
Spiritual Activities are a Means of Grace from God for Us
I want to ask you to pause what you are doing for just a moment. I have something important to say to you, and I want you to really hear […]
36, Single, Chaste, …and Miserable.
In response to my previous post on the role of chastity in the 21st Century, a dear family friend wrote to me. After trading a few messages on this subject, […]
Do the Next Right Thing You Know You Ought to Do
The Christian life is a relationship with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This relationship is marked by talking, listening, trusting, and obeying. These are the core activities of […]
Callings come in all sizes and durations
“But what if He tells me to sell everything and move to Africa!?” It was the quintessential hyperbolic fear of Gen X-ers who grew up in the Bible Belt and […]
Should I Do Good, Even If I Have the Wrong Motives?
I happened to be driving behind an acquaintance, and we were both on our way to the same meeting, when he had tire go flat. He pulled off the road, […]
Put on Christ: A Prayer
Father, give me the eyes of Christ. May I see things as He sees them. Give me His vision. May I see people and situations through His eyes. Let my […]
God’s Sovereign Placement of You, Right Where You Are, Right Now
Have you ever wondered why God sent Jesus to the place and time that He did? Why Galilee in the 1st century? Why a tiny, powerless territory on the fringes […]
