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  • Never forget, you are God’s masterpiece

    “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago”— Ephesians 2:10 (NLT). Until a neighbor posted the following on social media, I’d planned to toss the small wood scraps from a project still under construction in my backyard: […]

  • The real reason for your race: 3 truths about your calling

    Warning: running references here. This weekend is the London marathon (and no I am not running it, which will shock precisely no one). This story about marathon runner Matthew Rees made headlines as he stopped running his race, just short of the finish line to help a fellow runner who was near collapsing – he […]

  • You Can Fear Not, For God is With You

    “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me”—Psalm 23:4 (NKJV). As my dog and I huddled underneath a makeshift tornado shelter in my bedroom, I was listening for weather updates on my cell […]

  • Life before communists took over: a Christian woman remembers

    Rhee Soon-ja has vivid memories of her father reading the Bible to her and her six siblings when they were children in northern Korea. She remembers that the verses were printed vertically, rather than horizontally. And although now 82 years old, she can still picture the phrase “Christ Is Lord of This House” hanging from […]

  • Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

    “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”—Matthew 25:23 (NIV). It wasn’t like any funeral service I’d ever attended. Instead, it was a celebration of a friend’s life—a life well-lived. I […]

  • The lessons learned 25 years after my Dad died

    25 years ago today, my Dad died. It was sudden. It was tragic and it would set my family on a journey that I could never imagine. The older I get, the less I want to share about him. Every memory, every conversation is so precious to me. But, I feel the best way to […]

  • What Happens When God’s Promise Changes Things?

    God always fulfills His promises. Are you ready for change? Joseph had an amazing promise from God.  He would be elevated above his brothers, and they would revere him!  But it took years of waiting and preparing before that promise was fulfilled.  And when it did, the real work began! We see the same thing when […]

  • Social research shows why women and children especially suffer without a strong union

    Many decades of social science research have conclusively demonstrated that heterosexual marriage is an invaluable social good, with benefits for adults, children and society at large. As a well-documented 2004 booklet I was involved in producing puts it: We believe good social science, despite its inherent limitations, is a better guide to social policy than […]

  • When God Seems Absent

    Have you ever felt that God has gone AWOL on you? I have, many times, and invariably it has been during the darker times of life. I had always felt very blessed by God’s presence. From the moment I surrendered to Jesus at the age of 21, I was overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit. But […]

  • Knowing the One Who Always Keeps His Word

    For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil”—Genesis 3:5 (NIV). We all know people who have broken their promises. If you follow politics, you know it happens more times than we can count. But we all fall short because […]