John 4:29

I hated middle school. High school was OK and college was great, but middle school was … well, let me put it this way. Dante never went to middle school, junior high, or whatever they called ……

Everyone loves a good story. But not everyone likes their own story. I wouldn’t have written my childhood story the way it now appears on the page.…

I bristle at sales pitches. Recently, my wife and I moved into a new house. From day one, we were hit up by two different breeds of sales people knocking on our front door. Home security. Every few……

Pursuing Peace by genuinely listening to others helps us connect even through crisis and division.…

The following blog post was originally published onDecember 15, 2014.—ed. Many people gladly celebrate the birth of Christ at Christmas, only to ignore, shun, and reject Him the rest of the year. They don’t mind celebrating the birth of a baby, but they don’t want to hear about the Lord of lords. They sing of …

Evangelism is never easy. Talking to a stranger is hard enough on its own. Steering that conversation onto matters of sin, judgment, and salvation is more intimidating still, for many Christians. But that was never the case for our Lord. Jesus incarnate was a master at breaking the conversational ice. He engaged everyday people by …

Jesus knowseverythingabout us. There is no action—or even passing thought—we can conceal from Him. The people Christ encountered during His incarnation undoubtedly sensed that confronting and uncomfortable reality. But one of them, a woman Jesus met at some remote Samaritan well, felt His omniscience more acutely than most. [Jesus] said to her, “Go, call your …

Jesus freely offers eternal life, but people don’t always respond in faith. Indeed, Christ castigated the religious leaders of first-century Israel for their refusal to believe: “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me …

Jesus knowseverythingabout us. There is no action—or even passing thought—we can conceal from Him. The people Christ encountered during His incarnation undoubtedly sensed that confronting and uncomfortable reality. But one of them, a woman Jesus met at some remote Samaritan well, felt His omniscience more acutely than most. [Jesus] said to her, “Go, call your …

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent (John 17:3) If Jesus must be excluded if God is “the only true…God”, t……