I have often joked that I can walk on water. I did best in January and February when lakes and ponds were frozen in my neck of the woods!...

More than 720,000 people in the world take their lives each year, with many more failed attempts. Suicide is the leading cause of death...

Dress requirements can be very exacting. All graduates wore a cap and gown for my high school and college graduation ceremonies. The...

What does it mean to follow God?

Can we be wise without being truthful? Steven Ussery said, “ Nope. True wisdom includes the fact that honesty is, after all, the best...

Humility and wisdom share common characteristics. Humility is a requirement for wisdom (Proverbs 11:2). Biblically wise people strive to...

Wisdom in Proverbs is audible and visible. It includes wise words and exemplary behavior. A famous American said: ·       “Defeat doesn’t...

I admire people who can fix broken things and solve everyday problems. But biblical wisdom in Proverbs is more than knowing how to fix...

Wise self-management benefits God, others, and ourselves. Wisdom enables self-management. Godly wisdom is audible and visible. People...

In 1996, I dug up a small part of the yard to plant cherry tomatoes. My garden was four feet long by four feet wide. It was a small...

What is biblical wisdom? As a young, inexperienced pastor, I gleaned advice from a senior citizen on my church’s governing board. He was...

Our hearts yearn for material prosperity and the security it promises. The prosperity gospel appeals to those desires by twisting the...

Two letters make all the difference—un. Everyone wants to be fortunate. No one wants to be unfortunate. Who doesn’t want to be...

As a boy, I pretended I was various major league baseball stars as I batted driveway stones for imagined home runs.  Those players were...

During my first pastorate, I frequently felt inadequate. I had an uneasy feeling that some future demand would be more than I could...

Let me continue making ten suggestions to leave a spiritual legacy. The first was to share the hope of the gospel and be a channel...

Korczak Ziotkowski began creating the Crazy Horse Memorial but never finished it. His wife Ruth took over the project after his death....

My last blog concluded that the Bible universally condemns self-centered boasting . This blog considers religious boasting and...

Boasters praise themselves extravagantly and   speak of themselves with excessive pride.1 They inflate a Praise Me balloon with helium...

I was angry. Someone broke into our garage and stole tools and fishing equipment. I felt violated. I wanted the thief to pay for his...