My husband’s father, Frank, recently passed away. We found some of his writings as you sometimes do after someone dies, sorting through their possessions with awe and wonder at all the experiences a human life can hold. I came across a passage written so eloquently that it brought me to […]
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The neighbor behind us was behaving oddly. I hadn’t lived in my home long, but I had lived there long enough to notice that the furtive phone conversations she was having every day on her back porch were unusual. I couldn’t hear what she was saying, but I did notice […]
Pastors, have you ever preached a series on good works? How about you, men’s ministry leaders? Do your men know the purpose of good works and are you giving them practical opportunities to practice them? The reason I’m asking is because evangelicals tend to ignore the topic of good works. […]
What would you think if you walked into a home and there in the living was a large plaque that read, “You shall love your wife as Christ loves the church”? Then, when you ask the couple why the plaque is there, the wife responded, “Oh, I hung that there […]
“Lisa,” a member of my church in Illinois, had moved from Bolivia to the US, married, and started a family. When she and her husband bought their first home, I asked her how she liked it. “It’s okay,” she said, with a disappointed look on her face. “But back in […]
“Here, let me show you how to do that.” Depending on the circumstances, that statement can be taken as either arrogant and demeaning, as when a stranger offers unsolicited advice when you find yourself in a difficult but solvable situation, or as helpful and encouraging, as when an instructor at […]
We’ve seen a slew of major corporate scandals in recent years. There’s Wells Fargo, Enron, Lehman Brothers, Uber, CBS, Facebook, and Equifx. Even Apple had its “batterygate.” These companies have responded in various ways, such as declaring bankruptcy, replacing its leadership, and changing policies and paractices. But recently I was […]
I grew up in a large commuter church. Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles drew a few thousand Christians together every week from a twenty-five mile radius in all directions. It was an amazing church, renowned, not only for its Bible teaching and huge thirteen story building […]
I wrote my first post for this blog on January 20, 2014. The title was, “The One Amazing Thing God Wants to Do with Men.” Five years and four hundred posts later, the question came to my mind, if I were to summarize the main points I’ve been trying to […]
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world […]