Focus On God
Many years ago while in the army some friends of mine invited me to go with them to play eighteen holes of golf. I gladly accepted their...
Speaking Truth While Showing Grace
Ephesians 4:25-29 "Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your...
Freedom Requires Responsibility
One of the hindrances to the body of Christ, the Christian church is that too many people think that once they are saved from their sins...
Devotional: Loving Two Masters
II Kings 22-23 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and...
A Witness for Jesus
In recent days I have found myself in disagreement, maybe conflict, with someone that I care deeply about. I made a statement about women...
Devotional: God Works in Us
Philippians 1:1-11 “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ...
The Church and Social Justice
“For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who...
Devotional: Don't Be a Hypocrite
Matthew 6:1-18 When I was a little boy, I would hear my mother and my older sisters say things like, “don’t shame the family name.” I...
Book Review: 12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (Like Me)
BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRY Fischer, John, 12 steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me), Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2000, 171,...
Devotional: What is Truth?
Read 1 John 4:1-6 “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the...