Boasters praise themselves extravagantly and   speak of themselves with excessive pride.1 They inflate a Praise Me balloon with helium...

I was angry. Someone broke into our garage and stole tools and fishing equipment. I felt violated. I wanted the thief to pay for his...

I coach track and field throwers at my local high school. I oversee twenty or more athletes. Yesterday, one of the boys disrupted the...

Judgment assumes a measuring standard. My wife and I had Pennsylvania driver’s licenses when we moved to North Dakota. The state required...

Who is the judge? We are. We judge when we form an opinion about someone or something based on all available information. I listened to...

Immature believers often choose leaders who don’t meet scriptural qualifications. Unfortunately, unhealthy churches have few if any...

The gift was memorable if not usable. A church I served gave food to the pastor each fall. It was our first year at the church. One...

I’m passionate about my family, gardening, fishing, coaching track and field throwing events, and equipping people to know Jesus, grow up...

The last verse of “What I Live For” by George Linnaeus Banks: “I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true, For heaven...

Why do people worship God’s gifts instead of the Giver? Spiritual blindness and choice both play a part. Let’s unravel the two as we...

Did you know the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is a jealous God? If not, you probably haven’t read much of the Bible. It is often...

The roads were unfamiliar, but I thought I knew where I was going. I’d visited a pastor at his church once before. About a year later I...

About eight years ago, a new head track and field coach at my high school asked how long I would continue coaching throwers. He assumed...

I planned every sermon word when I began preaching more than forty years ago. I’ve learned that the right words and proper grammar don’t...

While my granddaughter and I were in a boat crossing a local river, the motor stopped. Yanking the starter rope repeatedly didn’t restart...

Effective church leaders share a common vision and know where they’re going. They value what God values—Seeking and saving the lost (Luke...

Back problems derailed my ability to mow the lawn or do many other tasks in 2016. The Holy Spirit gave me the wisdom, energy, and...

“Swifties” are Taylor Swift’s dedicated and passionate fans. They know everything about her career and music, attend concerts, interact...

Ambassadors represent their countries to other countries, not themselves. Similarly, we who are Christ’s ambassadors represent Him, not...

A universal resistance wells up when people tell us what to do. We’ve felt it. When someone pushes us to do something, we automatically...