ACCEPT WHAT YOU CAN’T CHANGE 

We don’t know what God knows about every situation in our lives and the lives of others we care about. What we do learn as we meditate on His Word and the way He works in us, is that God is more interested in developing us than He is in delivering...

An Untroubled Heart 

The Apostle Peter was a rough, outspoken fisherman. Brave and impulsive, his habit was never to look before he leaped.  It often landed him in trouble, as on the notable occasion when he declared that he would die for Jesus and heard the sad reply that he would...

THE ABSURDITY OF MAN AT THE CENTER

Someone has said that we do not go by our own energy and genius from dust to glory, but from dust to dust. Such cold certainty exposes the absurdity of men seeking to dethrone God—but it doesn’t discourage them from trying! Confirmed atheists are a particularly...

 Jesus Our Foundation Stone 

None of us are good enough to make it to heaven by our own efforts. Why would Jesus have had to endure death and suffering if we could do it alone?   God’s plan is for all of us, in every generation and in every nation, to ask for His mercy, confess...

PUNK THRASH AND JESUS 

A newspaper report several years ago focused on “the Christian hard rock and metal scene”.  The reporter identifies himself as “a teenager growing up in the evangelical subculture [who] was a huge fan of Christian hard rock and metal in the early 2000s.” He says...

Stand Your Ground 

God calls us to stand firm in His Word and in the life He wants us to live. Standing your ground is sometimes easier said than done! Life will run over us at times. When others don’t live by the same rules we do, we may be unpopular, we may be ridiculed, and we may...