Have you ever wondered why God wants us to praise Him? ...  Read More

Something I never understood about pastoring until I became a pastor....  Read More

How do a musician, a monarch, and a mom show us how to persevere?...  Read More

All people who possess spiritual vitality have a great love for the Scripture. Because they love God, they are eager to know God’s Word. But the opposite is not necessarily true: Not all people who kn...  Read More

Have I been casually blasphemous my entire life?...  Read More

It’s “this one thing I do,” not “these forty things I dabble at.” ...  Read More

John Calvin once observed that the human heart is a factory of idols. He was right. ...  Read More

The Resurrection is not just a matter of history and theology, a factoid we can safely file away; the transcendent power of the Resurrection has implications for the way we live our lives right now....  Read More

When I feel that I must prove myself, that’s a clue that I must go back to rehearse those first two clauses: “This is my Father’s world” and especially “I am His beloved.”...  Read More

I was talking with a young man about how God moves His truth into our hearts. I asked him what his experience had been, and his answer surprised me....  Read More

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is not the place where you would expect to have an epiphany, but I noticed something there once while I was eating lunch at a restaurant on a balcony overlooking the street....  Read More

When I am overwhelmed (and I often am), I remind myself that I am Moses....  Read More