Jesus said, "The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy, but I come…. to bring life…” Several years ago we experienced a thief in our house. The real frustration with this situation was that I let the thief in. Here’s what happened. I had advertised a laptop computer...
Are there things you have prayed about for a long time and they’re worse now than when you started praying? That has happened in my life. How could this possibly be? If I talk to God about something, I don’t expect things to get worse! I expect things to get better....
It’s not who your parents are. It’s who YOU are that matters. The only thing that holds you back is YOU. Of the world’s largest companies, 50% of the CEO’s come from poor or lower-income families. In fact, out of 300 of the world’s greatest leaders, 75% were either...
The world needs leaders. Good, godly, intelligent leaders. And so does the church. Corrupted leaders, especially when they are nationally or internationally known, have brought suffering and shame upon the church. Yet there would not be a church today without some...
This is important to understand, considering we have both good leaders and the few rare ones who abuse and take advantage of their followers. There are believers who have been so wounded by leadership that they do not submit to any human leadership. They insist that...
I’m talking about relationships with fellow humans, real people with personal connections. Interaction that feels right and makes you a better person. Real people, honest people, humble people connecting and keeping those connections. Often we call these relationships...
The western world is now described as “post-Christian.” At one time, society took its values from Christian, Bible-based values. Today that is no longer true. This does not mean that the word “Christian” no longer has any relevance in our world. Thirty-one percent of...
Patiently waiting is one of the most difficult things we will ever have to do, but it is such a great evidence of real faith. Something that is very difficult to do. Hebrews 11 speaks of “Now faith.” Now—present tense. This kind of faith, the Scripture says, is the...
Trouble…what does it mean? During his trials, Job said, “Man’s days are few and full of trouble.” We all run into trouble on some front. We sometimes handle trouble poorly because of our misguided expectation that “if God is for me and I am God’s child,” I will not...
Truthfully, I don’t exactly know. I don’t pay much attention to the stories of “out-of-body” experiences or near-death encounters. Those experiences may be real — it’s just that everyone seems to have a slightly different experience. My faith in heaven is not based on...