Forgiven This last summer, I was visiting my uncle in Fairbanks, Alaska. Uncle Bob was the only uncle I knew very well; growing up in the same town. It had …

Idle Hands Have you ever heard the saying: “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop”? I remember hearing this when I was given to just laying around as a teenager. I …

Faith Is Hard Work So often people have come up to me and said: “Brother, just believe.” Is that all there is to it? Faith sounds so simple, when expressed …

The Shulammite Romance in the Bible? Oh yeah! Just read the Song of Solomon. This book is the passionate story of King Solomon and his special wife, the Shulammite girl. …

Just One Drop I love reading about the Prophet Elisha. What a mighty man of God! One story that encourages me, when I am going through a seemingly impossible situation, …

You Are Anointed When Jesus stood up in the synagogue of Nazareth and read from Isaiah 61, He personally applied this Messianic Scripture to Himself. The passage begins this way: …

An Anchor of the Soul For a number of years, we lived by the ocean. Most every day we would walk over to the cliffs, above our beach, and just …

The Law Is Perfect But Insufficient There is no better standard for morality and justice than the Ten Commandments. It has been the basis of Judeo-Christian ethics and fundamental in …

AMEN Have you ever been annoyed by the frequent and seemingly irreverent way “amen” is used by some Christians? As I have ministered in many countries around the world, I …