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A Lesson from a Rubik’s Cube
About a year ago my son became interested in the Rubik’s Cube. After purchasing him one, he went straight to internet help sites to learn how to overcome the cube’s challenge. It took some time before he memorized its specific moves and was able to solve it with no...
Prayer: Power in Numbers?
It happened again, just this week. A situation arose in which our family desperately needed prayer. As we began our own prayers, we invited others to join us in prayer as well. It is a familiar scene. I would guess that this scenario has played out in many other...
The Covenant: What God Requires
It wasn’t the question that was strange, it was the one who was asking (Mark 10:17). The parallel story in Matthew 19 says the man was young; Luke 19 says he was a ruler; all three of the Gospels agree he was rich—he was a rich, young ruler. But a question was eating...
The Struggle is Real
For the last several weeks I have found it difficult to write in my blog. So much has been happening. With the excitement of publishing my new book, the busyness of the holidays, the craziness of the political scene, and the stresses of major financial burdens, life...
My New Book: Overcoming Laodicea
I am so excited to announce that my new book is now published! I have been working quite hard to get it out before Christmas (which I did, but it probably wouldn't ship on time for Christmas though). You can read about the book on my Books page. It is available in...
Living on Purpose
Thankful in All Things
Back during the dark days of 1929, a group of ministers in the Northeast gathered to discuss how they should conduct their Thanksgiving Church services. Things were about as bad as they could get, with no sign of relief. The bread lines were depressingly long, the...
Armor of God: The Almost Forgotten Weapon
It is easy to assume that Paul ended the list of God’s armor with the sword of the Spirit. But if we stop there, we will overlook the most powerful weapon available to us. It is God’s almost forgotten weapon. What is it? Prayer (see Ephesians 6:18). Most Christians...
Armor of God: The Sword of the Spirit
We have learned, up to now, that Truth, Righteousness, Readiness that come from the Gospel of Peace, Faith, and Salvation will all, if used, bring us a more victorious life. Is there anything else we might need? Again we look to Paul’s list of God’s Armor in Ephesians...
Armor of God: The Helmet of Salvation
I don’t know about you, but I despise mind games. I don’t like to be lied to, manipulated, or coerced (especially by people claiming to be friends). Unfortunately, it seems almost impossible to completely avoid being a victim of them. In every area of life such mind...