We don’t have a gospel record of Jesus saying it, but Paul tells us in Acts 20:33-35 that the Lord said, “it is more blessed to give than...

In the English language, we often consider the verbs “to seek” and “to look for” to be synonyms.  That is to say that we consider them to...

Biblical steadfastness is often poorly illustrated as a kind of brute force strength – like an immovable boulder in a strong rushing...

One of the most famous quotes of Benjamin Franklin is that if you fail to plan, then you are planning to fail. The wisdom captured by the...

Every single day demands more decisions than you can count. Almost all of those decisions are simple and require no significant effort on...

We think far too much about death as a termination of life. But that is really only true of biology. The bible tells us that life in some...

John’s gospel provides for us one of the most ironic prophecies of the bible.  In John 11:45-53 Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the...

What does it mean to grow spiritually? Really. What does it mean? Have you thought about it? Does it mean going to church more? Does it...

The word “values” appears over and over in our conversations, our news casts, our politics, our opinions pieces and a variety of other...

Even if I were an atheist, I would be forced to acknowledge that there is something supernatural about the bible. Perhaps as an atheist,...

Human identity is best thought of in two ways.  First, we usually think of identity as the unique and disparate characteristics that...

The apostle Peter gave us an immensely important Christian concept in his first letter.  The KJV renders Peter’s thought this way: “But...

Paul commands Christians to avoid conforming to worldly patterns. Instead, he tells us to be transformed by the renewal of our minds...

The cause of America’s economic woes is not the result solely of political mismanagement. More than anything else, it is the result of...

The industrial revolution that transformed the world and brought us much good also forced out of us troves of wisdom that lived in the...

In his epistle, the apostle James seems to burden us with a command to action.  He directs us to be doers of God’s word and not just...

Translation is the science and the art of taking the ideas, the concepts, and the meanings trapped in the words of one language and...

The writer of Hebrews likens the Word of God to a sharp double edged sword that is able to divide between soul and spirit, joints and...

Wise men see value in light, and so they pursue it as it leads them to wisdom, humility, and great joy.  Evil men,  however, see value in...

If you go out and survey a bunch of people on the street and ask them to define for you the term “peace,” most will say that it means to...