Do you know what is perhaps the most desirable, most appreciated character trait? Proverbs 19:22 tells us “What is desirable in a person...

I’m sure you have seen movies where the bad guys chase the hero down some abandoned street and into a dark alley. He jumps over empty...

Are you a gardener? Do you enjoy seeing things grow? If so, you understand the principle that a plant must be pruned in order to produce...

Crucifixion was the most horrible form of execution humanity has ever devised. It was such a degrading thing that those crucified could...

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson tells us that “all men are created equal by their Creator with certain unalienable...

A Prayer for the World (In Light of Ongoing Events) Lord, it seems like every day you become more distant As we awaken to daily senseless...

A few years ago, I was asked to write a Prayer for Peace to be included in a book written by a colleague. It seems fitting that I share...

The season of Lent is a time for us to give up what we are, what we have been, in order to become what we are called to be. Scholar of...

For some years now historians, gossip magazines, and the media have highlighted Martin Luther King’s flaws, weaknesses, and brokenness. ...

Feelings of stress are caused by the body’s instinct to defend itself. This instinct is good in emergencies, such as getting out of the...

“He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.”-...

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to wait in long lines at a restaurant, or being stuck in traffic during rush hour, or being put...

If you have been in church culture for a while, you have heard the term “calling” many times. You may have wondered what that term means....

Do you ever wonder why certain people rise to meet a great challenge and others don’t? You’ve heard the story of David and Goliath,...

In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, a young, unknown Baptist preacher came home to find a large crowd gathered in the front of his house,...

Too often, we confuse “fate” with “faith.” Nothing could be more different! How many times have you heard someone say – or said yourself...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some of the people in the Christmas story who missed Christmas: the innkeeper, the religious...

Picture the scene: An angel has just informed Mary that she, a virgin, would soon be pregnant and, as a matter of fact, will be...

Every year, Christmas comes, and Christmas goes. It often comes quickly, before we are ready; and it often goes by without much notice. ...

We are impatient people, aren’t we? Every year around this time, I hear it. Sometimes, I get bombarded by it: “Why aren’t we singing more...