As Americans, or maybe it’s just as humans, we like choices. We enjoy going out to eat, opening the menu and getting to decide what we want to eat. We get to decide whether we want soup or a salad and what kind. We can choose a baked potato, french fries or no potato at […]
What do you do when you hit bottom? When your best efforts aren’t working? It wasn’t long ago I found myself in a season like that. I was stuck. I was out of options. I didn’t know what to do next. I was down on myself and had lots of doubts. Not about God, but […]
How do you respond in a crisis? I don’t mean your first reaction. No one does well when the phone rings at 2:00 a.m. I’m talking about your second reaction. After you’ve had a little time to process. Do you panic? Feel overwhelmed? Worry? Get anxious? Are you filled with fear? Or dread? Or maybe […]
In Mark 12, some religious folks have come to Jesus to try and trap Him. These guys didn’t believe there was a resurrection. When you’re dead, that’s it, they said. No afterlife. So they come to Jesus with a question they think will trip him up. They present this hypothetical situation where a woman gets […]
Have you ever felt confident you were in God’s will and then later wondered if you’d made the right decision? Have you ever had a strong conviction about something only to later completely change your mind? Do you sometimes feel strong in your faith and in the next moment feel filled with doubt? If we’re […]
It seems that way, doesn’t it? Racial tensions are high. Radical Islamic terrorists are killing innocent people in more and more countries. Political divisions in the United States run deep. The federal government continues to run up debt with no end in sight. Behaviors that used to be wrong are now seen as right and […]