Image by Pexels from Pixabay In our world, a relentless onslaught of troubles and challenges slow us down, beat us up, and leave us...

If you have ever struggled with making an important decision, then you have probably experienced what the bible refers to as...

Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay There is one sense in which death is the enemy of Christians.  It entered the world with...

Walled away from the beauty of Colorado’s striking blue skies and cool crisp air, Robert Hanssen ticks out the rest of his life in a...

Shame is a painful emotion. It is usually associated with embarrassment or a feeling of guilt for something that we have genuinely done...

Image by Jeff Jacobs from Pixabay Because true love compels a servant to suffer, suffering is the truest test of a servant. A husband who...

The wife of one of my friends models servanthood very well.  I noticed this at a dinner we shared several years ago.  As we all conversed...

Image by Pexels from Pixabay Good servants must persevere. Perseverance means to continue in a course of action even in the face of...

Faithfulness is the attribute of a servant that towers above all others. It is the one thing that makes a servant good. But it isn’t so...

The importance of serving God runs through Christianity like a river winds through a flourishing land. Just as a river feeds, waters,...

A hard verse shouts at the reader from the final portion of a famous and poetic Psalm.  “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death...

Image by Schäferle from Pixabay God’s strength radiates through the weaknesses of men, and finds its completion in their frailties.  Paul...

Image by Scottish Guy from Pixabay For a few years at the time of the book of Judges, the people of Midian oppressed the people of...

Thomas was a special follower of Jesus. Though he was not in the savior’s inner circle like Peter, James, and John, he did serve as one...

Image by Peter H from Pixabay Discipleship is hard.  There are no two ways around that fact. If you are discipling someone, you will...

Pride swells in the heart of every real American when he or she thinks of the nation’s independence. We boast at how our ancestors fought...

The cost of praise and worship is not high today. In our modern era, worship has become so cheap that it can no longer be considered to...

What is it like to be a father? At times it is like a melody — soft, flowing, and beautiful.  At other times it is a percussive march —...

Dear Father in Heaven, I ask that you extend grace and mercy to a nation that has forsaken your image in the sin of elective abortion. In...

After God had created Adam and Eve, he blessed them, and then commanded them to be fruitful and multiply, and to subdue the earth and...