Happy to Be Sad

Check it out next time and see for yourself. Whenever the word “sin” is dropped in casual conversation, the reactions are usually all over the board, ranging anywhere from hysterical snorting to awkward navel-gazing. I know this because… Read More

The Art of Becoming

It’s finally arrived. That long-awaited aura of “getevenwithemism” is gaining ground in the American culture today. We’re quickly regressing to what many of us remember to be a more comfortable era when we didn’t have to walk on… Read More

LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Living in Its Source

Life’s what it’s all about! The desire to live is inherent, whether in the present or in the future. That’s why essentially every religion that was ever fabricated by the human mind promises some form of rewarded supernatural… Read More

LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Hearing Its Source

I know that life is good. It has to be.  It was created, and everything the Lord God created was good.  [Gen. 1:31] The author of Genesis illustrated the Source of life to the reader through the image… Read More

LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Knowing Its Source

Look carefully. Because the most effective counterfeit is the closest to the truth. Whether it’s currency or ideology, every good fraud requires an adequate level of authenticity in order to make it believable. In fact, history confirms there’s… Read More

A Sufficient Degree of Separation

How important are my choices of friends and business partnerships? Probably more than I realize. The apostle Paul told the church of God which [was] at Corinth, with all the saints who [were] throughout Achaia: Do not become… Read More

Enduring the Wilderness Road

Some roads cost more to travel on than others. But when a man chooses to place himself and his family under the reign of the King, Jesus Christ, I’m convinced that decision was made from a deep sense of… Read More

Sustaining the Covenant Temple

The physicality of human creation is often taken for granted. This incredible combination of skin and bones complete with living, regenerating cytoplasm is the only medium of existence available to the man determined to keep himself alive and… Read More

Common Sense and the Slipperiest of Slopes

I’m terrified when I hear about someone who’s succumbed to sexual immorality. That’s because I know that I’m every bit as vulnerable to illicit sexual temptation as any man who ever lived. And while the formula for victory over… Read More

Birthright Through Redemption

I never used to think about inheriting anything. And I’m sure that’s because I never had to want for the necessities of life growing up. But even as a young adult, the hope of inheriting a vast fortune never… Read More