What a College Heartbreak Taught Me About God’s Relentless Love
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) Have you ever poured yourself into a relationship where you felt used, unappreciated, and invisible? I certainly have. But that painful experience taught me one of the most important lessons of my life about […]
The Locust Years
I stood at the starting line packing wind pants and cold-weather gear, because that’s what March in the mountains is supposed to look like. Instead, I got a three-day heat wave. My plan had been to run the full 110 miles. I’d trained for months, prayed over it, circled the date on my calendar. But […]
What Does the Bible Mean By Predestination and Election?
On July 6th, we looked at predestination or why God’s nature makes it impossible for Him to have arbitrarily preassigned souls to heaven or hell before they ever drew breath. You might ask, “Why do I need to know these deeper doctrinal issues?” Well, God’s Word instructs us to study so we can give an […]
What Booker T. Washington Still Teaches Us About Freedom
Booker T. Washington entered this world with no recorded birthday and no recorded father. He was born on a Virginia plantation before the Civil War, a slave from his very first breath, with no paper trail proving he existed and no name given to him that anyone bothered to write down. By every measure the […]
Giving Generous Grace: Where Should We Draw the Line?
God has been teaching me that I don’t get to pick and choose who deserves grace. Of course, I want lots of grace for myself—desperately. But when it comes to someone else’s failure, I often catch myself keeping score instead of extending mercy. That double standard doesn’t come from my born again soul or my […]
When No One Seems To Notice Your Hustle
“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts […]
The Win is Making it to the Finish Line
“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give […]
The Song Only the Free Can Sing
“You have led in Your steadfast love the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them by Your strength.” Exodus 15:13 After the crossing of the Red Sea and the destruction of the Egyptian army, Moses, standing on the far shore with two million former slaves behind him, sang to the Lord: “I will […]
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Children
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” 3 John 1:4 There is a kind of joy that is unlike anything else in this world—and if you are a parent, you already know what I mean. It is the joy of watching your child actually choose God. Seeing them […]
Habits Of The Heart: The Secret To Our Nation’s Greatness
I’ll be honest—there are days when the state of our country feels overwhelmingly impossible: the violence, the hatred, and the division. And in despair, I wonder, “What difference can I possibly make?” Do you ever feel that way? Alexis de Tocqueville saw this coming. Writing about American democracy nearly two centuries ago, he observed: “Everybody […]