When I glance at my dog and cat, I can easily distinguish the difference.
How can I do this so easily? After all, they both have ears, mouths, tongues, eyes,...
“I didn’t like the other minister. He was pushy and didn’t call before he came by.”
The lady was in her 90s, seated by a window with a spectacular view of th...
While visiting the cemeteries surrounding the old churches in Cades Cove, Tennessee, my brother and I marveled over the numerous headstones showing children’s n...
I stood before my congregation on a Wednesday night. The prayer request from a member was innocent enough, but I doubt they had completely thought about what th...
Reading, seeing, or hearing the news appears to lead to one logical conclusion: God is not involved in the world. But is the conclusion valid?
Many of Americ...
Purpose. Everyone wants it, but not all can seem to discover it.
Having a purpose stands as one of our basic needs. Knowing why God put us on earth and belie...
A contention that has roiled the scholarly community of New Testament studies in recent years is the question of what the apostle Paul means in Galatians 2:16, ...
“The devil made me do it.”
A statement that was once frequently used to escape responsibility for bad behavior.
Ask a child—or even an adult—what their pi...
I watched his labored breathing, waiting for the moment when his chest would stop fighting.
As a minister, I was often associated with death, but the calls u...
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he...
In a cultural moment when conspiracy theories and revolutions are around the corner of almost every conceivable situation we face, where is reality? I’ve often ...
In his commencement address to Kenyon College, the writer David Foster Wallace said, “In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing ...
