I recently gave a presentation titled, “Does the Resurrection Really matter?” I proceeded to ask the audience, “What does the resurrection mean to you personally and how has it impacted your life?” I realize that there are many people that may not have given that question the consideration it deserves. One of the ways it […] Read more

Ten years ago, I was persuaded to write a weekly blog and this past Christmas we reached our 500th blog. Over the past weeks I have posted my favorite blogs from each of the ten years I have been writing. Today’s blog is from April 10, 2023. I hope you will find this meaningful. **** As […] Read more

I have become a big fan of Jonathan Haidt after reading his book, The Happiness Hypothesis. Haidt, a social psychologist who teaches at the business school at New York University, recently wrote an article about American adolescents (those born after 1996) that I found to be quite disturbing. He reports that these young adults have […] Read more

Every quarter I like to share quotes that I have encountered in my reading and research that have been meaningful to me. I call them “Nuggets of Wisdom.” ***** “Wherever you find excellence, you find continuous learning. They go hand in hand. Wherever you find that continuous learning is missing, you find mediocrity.” —MATHEW KELLY   […] Read more

Ten years ago, I was persuaded to write a weekly blog and this past Christmas we reached our 500th blog. Over the next weeks I will be posting my favorite blogs from each of the ten years I have been writing. Today’s blog is from July 2, 2018. I hope you will find this meaningful. **** […] Read more

Ten years ago I was persuaded to write a weekly blog and this past Christmas we reached our 500th blog. Over the next weeks I will be posting my favorite blogs from each of the ten years I have been writing. I hope this will be meaningful to you. ***** In the Bible Study groups […] Read more

Ten years ago, I was persuaded by a few people to write a weekly blog. At the time I did not know what a blog was, but I decided to give it a shot. Here we are, ten years later and today’s Christmas blog is number 500. Next Monday is Christmas Day and there will […] Read more

When people establish a belief, they should do so because they are utterly convinced that what they are believing, that which they are putting their confidence in, is true. Truth is paramount. The idea of truth has always been very straightforward. Truth is that which is ultimately, finally, and absolutely real. Truth is the “way […] Read more

Author Paul David Tripp offers some profound words on the issue of freedom. He says: We’re all slaves; the question is, to whom or to what? Everyone is willing to make sacrifices; the question is, to whom or for what? We all follow sets of rules; the question is, whose and for what? We all […] Read more

It is amazing how many times in the Old Testament you read this about God’s people, “they forgot the Lord their God.” As the Jewish people wandered through the desert for forty years, God tells them just before they entered the promised land: For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, […] Read more