If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth (Colossians 3:1, 2). The Most Difficult Adjustment Two years ago my wife and I and our […]
Everyday Zach stopped by the same coffee shop for a break and a double latte. It wasn’t long before the baristas knew him by name, and even the other customers became familiar. One day as he was going over his reports, he noticed the guy at the next table reading Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. As […]
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. We often sing the words to this familiar Christian hymn without giving them much thought. These precious words say exactly what the Bible teaches. The secret of spiritual happiness and blessing is simply trusting and obeying the […]
Disciple-making starts with prayer! I sat in front of the funeral chapel three minutes before addressing a packed house. Every seat was filled and people were standing around the room. It was a funeral for a 23-year-old mother of two small children. I had been asked by her grandparents to conduct the funeral and knew […]
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law (Galatians 5:22, 23, English Standard Version). Perhaps more than any of its fellow traits, goodness is a tricky attribute to pin down. It’s one of those things we know when we see […]
