Things are often not what they appear to be. Get-rich-quick schemes are usually scams. A firefly is a beetle, not a fly. A prairie dog is...

Christianity played a minor role in my youth, despite spending over fifteen hundred hours in church sanctuaries. It didn’t significantly...

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…...

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...

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

I was extremely uncomfortable. I was defending my master’s thesis at the University of Michigan. Two men with PhDs peppered me with...

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...

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

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...

My father taught me to drive. He showed me how to eat a wide variety of foods. He demonstrated how to work diligently until the task was...

On June 28, 2018, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Paul J. Selva, said:  “The men and women who serve in...

I read Exodus 4 for my devotions on June 23, 2025. “But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if...