“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10Guilt shows up in many ways. Maybe some of these look familiar to you – be...  Read More

“Hope delayed makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12This past weekend, I performed a wedding for a young couple who live in Northern California. On Sunday, as I...  Read More

“As the north wind drives the rain, so does an angry countenance, and a backbiting tongue.” Proverbs 25:23As many of you know, Janice and I bought a home. We had the owner Kim (not her real name), sig...  Read More

"Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness endures to all generations..." Psalm 119:89-90Bill Klem (pictured) was one of major league baseball’s most famous umpire. When he st...  Read More

"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable." Psalm 145:3My daughter came into town a couple of weeks ago, and being a competitive gymnast when she was younger, sh...  Read More

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance." Psalm 33:12America is the most blessed, the most liberated, and most respected republic in exi...  Read More

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.” Romans 12:12Jesus taught us a powerful principle in a parable regarding a persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8.“One day Jesus told his disc...  Read More

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2aI was in the sixth grade when I first ventured into the House of Mirrors at my hometown cou...  Read More

In 1929, Philosopher G. K. Chesterton came up with what is known as “the fence” truth that teaches if you are walking somewhere and you come across a fence, you probably shouldn’t tear it down because...  Read More

“You have multiplied, O Lord, Your wondrous deeds and Your thoughts toward us! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.”Psalm 40:5I have many scars on my body. As a rough...  Read More

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful."2 Timothy 4:7At my season of life, I thought as the old gospel song says, "My strongest trials now have passed, m...  Read More

Last week I heard a friend say, “Try googling the word grace!” So I did, and I got millions of articles, definitions, and applications to this amazing word. To my surprise as I looked through just the...  Read More