Let’s start by being honest. During a season of extended quarantine, it’s hard not to grow irritable, anxious, discouraged, and weary. There’s a bit of relief i...
“Wait for the Lord.”
Wait for the Lord!
The phrase occurs so often in the Psalms because King David feels that it is worth repeating. 1 and 2 Samuel provi...
I’ve started a new thing over on my author Facebook page called Theology Thursdays, and in it, I’m taking tricky theology questions and talking about them for f...
We usually think of our prayer life as saying things “to” God (praising God, making requests, or having conversation) rather than saying something “about” God (...
Swinging open the kitchen door, I almost swung back out again. A skillet flew past my nose, and an answering saucepan flew a few feet farther in, lower and slow...
“Jesus wept,” are some of the most powerful words that we find in Scripture.
Jesus is weeping at the death of Lazarus, even though he knows he’s about to rai...
During this time, I have especially loved watching the video of a government official warning people against touching their face and hands. "Today, start workin...
Why in the world do we talk about Lent anyway?
Many churches have stopped making much of this season of preparation but I’ve always found it a blessing to sl...
In this episode Debbie and Josh discuss the fruit of goodness. What does it mean to have goodness, and why is that important in our daily walk with Christ? Is t...
I’ll admit that the world is changing so fast these days that I get a little fearful at times. I wonder if everyone’s lost their minds and forgotten what really...
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ou...
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
–Ephesians 1:7
The apostle Paul reiterates...
