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The Book of Joel reveals a day that is coming, a day of terrible judgement and wrath, when God…

The “cancel culture” is real and looking for its next victim. Any perceived “transgression” against the current “politically correct” or “socially correct” norms is enough to get an “offender” removed from pretty much anything…

So much of what we experience on earth now is unclear and uncertain. We can't see things as clearly as we would hope and sometimes we find ourselves confused about the world around us and how it connects with what God is doing in time and history. We live in an "in...

The Book of Hosea is the first of the Minor Prophets to appear in the Old Testament. It follows the Book of Daniel in the canon, but the events of Hosea occur years before Daniel comes onto the scene of history. Set during the middle to late part of the eight century,...

Leadership that transforms is leadership that empowers those around you to become leaders in their own right. Great leaders give those they are leading opportunities to grow in their leadership capacity and opportunities to succeed. The world needs more leaders who...

Bethany Christian Services, one the largest and most influential Christian adoption and foster care ministries in the United States, has decided to join the secular revolution. And The New York Times couldn't be happier. On March 1, 2021, The New York Times ran a...

There are portions of our Bibles that are "flyover country". . . you know, the "country" you ignore as you "fly" from one "coast" to the other "coast," country that you know has some value to it, but perhaps just not enough for you to stop in and take a look around....

We can learn much from the last words of any book of the Bible. We often, however, skip over these lessons from the end of book of the Bible and miss out on the concluding thoughts of the writers of God's word. Hebrews 13:7-25 contains many lessons from the end of the...

Throughout the history of the written word there have been many instances of book burnings: the "out" ideas that found their way into print were eliminated by either those in authority or a mob, usually on a bonfire, and always with the purpose of suppressing the free...

Faith is an essential element of the Christian experience. According to Hebrews 11:6, without faith it is impossible to please God. Indeed, salvation comes to us by grace through faith, as made explicit in Ephesians 2:8-9. As important as faith is to the Christian...

In the wake of social media platforms and information service conglomerates suspending, banning and prohibiting certain people from communicating via their platforms--including a sitting President of the United States--there is growing alarm at the power being wielded...

I am fascinated with understanding what, exactly, the Christian life is supposed to look like. What should the daily existence of a follower of Christ entail? What does it mean that we are to live by faith and what are the implications of doing so? Is the average...

When someone decides to follow Christ, there is an expectation that their life will change. Not, perhaps, immediately. And certainly not completely overnight, but change is a hallmark of becoming a follower of the Messiah. What are some signs of a transformed life?...

The truth is this: Some churches thrive while some churches die. Why? What are the keys to leading a thriving church rather than watching it die a slow and painful death? How can we begin to see more thriving churches rather than lamenting the death of so many...

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered life for millions of people around the world. For some, it has meant severe illness and death, for others working from home to avoid catching the virus, and for many more, the destruction of their very livelihoods. People have suffered as businesses have closed and jobs have been lost. The uncertainty of the future has made getting back to a semblance of normalcy virtually impossible. In the background of it all, however, has been the erosion of religious liberty, making the crisis of COVID-19 all the more dangerous for the world it has already fundamentally changed.