Understanding How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit Understanding how to be filled with the Holy Spirit started the engine of my...

Embracing a Ministry Team Concept I watch a high school television quiz show called “Brain Busters.” Three students from two different...

God’s Unpredictable Interventions in My Life As a new Christian, it seemed I was in the express lane for answered prayers. I don’t...

9.    Encouragement of My Gifts and Ministry What wind is to a fire, encouragement is to effective ministry. While coaching throwing...

We’ve all been there. Kneeling in prayer, heart wide open, desperately asking God for help, healing, answers, or just a sign. And then…...

Humans Want to be Successful Humans desire to know how successful they are. My wife’s company once defined success as 100 percent...

It seemed strange to hear a seminarian say the equivalent of “My teachers are my students.” The seminarian was teaching Sunday school in...

Our culture’s message is that our value is proportional to our production. We readily adopt that standard because we see it operating...

Husbands have a reputation for not listening when their wives speak. Somehow, the boyfriend who hangs on every word becomes the husband,...

My house has a well. For 74 years, that well has provided water dependably. The quantity of water has always been adequate. The quality...

Car tires lose about one pound of pressure each month. Over time, that loss of air negatively affects their performance. Maintenance...

In 2012, Alex Honnold speed-climbed the Nose of El Capitan without a protective rope faster than anyone ever did. He did what no one else...

Self-serving purposes lurk behind most choices. I rarely eat at fast food restaurants because their menus are unhealthier than...

Dr. Gail Brenner wrote, “Devotion is not for sissies. It takes a surrender of your personal wants and desires into something that holds...

In The Hobbit , Gollum calls the Ring, “My Precious.” It was of surpassing worth to him. “In  LotR , by contrast, Gollum calls both...

I studied what the New Testament says about the love of money and its relation to Christianity. I am sharing my conclusions, followed by...

As infants, we’re dependent on others to supply our food, clothing, shelter, a place to sleep, and many other needs. As we mature, we...

When I graduated from college, I summarized the value of my education at my secular college for an award the college offered (I didn’t...

Why do some professing Christians make loving and serving Jesus their keystones, while others are satisfied to tip their hats to Him for...

Within the human soul is the desire to be great, to be on top of some earthly measure of success, superior to all others. We want to be...