Anniversaries mark the passage of years for an important event. They are a time to reflect, be thankful, and recommit. Some anniversaries are personal. Donna and I celebrated 44 years of marriage this past July … Read More

We are living in a cultural moment where discontentment is being promoted with breathtaking zeal. Lack of contentment is in the social air we all breathe. Many in our society are focused on making us … Read More

In 2012 the popular website ancestry.com sold for a whopping $1.6 billion. A mere four years later it is estimated that the worth of this site is around $2.6 billion. It appears a lot of … Read More

Even a casual reading of history makes it obvious that there are pivotal events where everything changes. Consider just a few of the turning points in our modern era. The dropping of atomic bombs on … Read More

For the last two thousand years or more the church of Jesus Christ has been plagued by heresies. The charge heretic has been leveled, sometimes justly and sometimes unjustly, at a myriad of perceived errors … Read More

It was not an enemy who taunted me—then I could have borne it; I could have hidden and escaped. But it was you, a man like myself, my companion and my friend. What fellowship we had, what … Read More

Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.  Psalm 71:9 Iconic Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger is now seventy-two years old!  For those of us … Read More

The way some people talk about creeds, confessions and catechisms, makes them sound like something found in our great grandparents’ garage: outdated, old, dusty, and useless. For some young, hip evangelicals the creeds of the … Read More

In 1972 the iconic rock band, The Rolling Stones, released its groundbreaking album titled, Exile on Main Street. While the album was recorded in France, the reference to Main Street was an effort to connect … Read More

Almost every Christian will encounter seasons of spiritual dryness. God seems distant, his love hollow, his fatherly embrace cold, and the joy of salvation non-existent. Instead of a vibrant relationship with God where rivers of … Read More