If someone were to ask you what God is like, what would you say? When you’re walking through the valley of shadows, no question is more pressing than this: What is God like?  Read More

As I consider the world in which my children are being raised, one of the greatest threats they will ever face in today’s Western culture is the onslaught of pornographic images.  Read More

This past summer, my church family blessed my family with a 10-week sabbatical. This means that I had zero pastoral responsibilities for over two months. I could write a monograph about the experiences we had and the lessons we learned, but I’ll table that for another time. Here, I simply want to highlight “twelve habits of rest” that we gleaned during the sabbatical.  Read More

But what about when the life of a woman is legitimately at stake in her pregnancy? What choice does a follower of Jesus have when a pregnancy threatens the life of the mother?  Read More

It wasn’t until I began to see just how far the American political landscape had trespassed their political boundaries (venturing into the ecclesiastical pulpit and hijacking biblical morality for their own political platforms) that I began to sense a growing need for faithful Christians to “get political” – with their pastors leading the way. Let me explain...  Read More

Orphaned children, agonizing starvation, debilitating diseases, horrific wars, corrupt governments, abusive parents, manipulative pastors, rampant divorce, heart-wrenching miscarriages, devastating natural disasters, crushing poverty, and seemingly endless etceteras. How could someone believe that God is good when He allows such unspeakable sorrow? It’s the epitome of absurdity. If God exists, He is either powerless or cruel.  Read More

One of the most important truths of the Christian faith is that (1) there is only one God and that (2) He has eternally existed as three persons: Father, Son, Spirit.  Read More

The first words recorded in the Bible: "In the beginning...God."   Read More

Every so often, I’ll come across a social media post lamenting the bygone era of religious purity and biblical faithfulness that once marked the true Christians of this country. “True Christians would never have tobacco on their breath, alcohol in their blood, or tattoos over their body.” Underneath a statement like this is the belief that true devotion is displayed through the myriad of things that sincere Christians avoid at all costs.   Read More

The world has become skillful when it comes to the game of hiding in the shadows - and so have we.  Read More

How do we know the Bible is true? This might be the most important question a human being could ever ask.  Read More

When our worldview is shaped by headlines and hashtags, it’s no wonder so many Christians are discouraged, fearful, and pessimistic about the future.  Read More