It matters what you and I believe. It matters what we believe about life, about death, about cleanliness and using hand sanitizer. But mostly, it matters what we believe in what God has said through His Word. If we were to stand before the...

When I was 7, I scored my very first goal in soccer. I was running around pretty aimlessly before I ended up with the ball, and then I was stiff-arming people, juking kids out, it was a visceral experience for me! Soccer moms were yelling for me...

We may know (and maybe even be able to quote) the details of the story of Jesus’ birth: wise men, manger, star, swaddling clothes… But we must make sure that we do not miss the heart of what the story tells us. The story of Jesus birth is not mere...

In the Jesus Storybook Bible, the author paraphrases Jesus’ words and explains why the Book of Revelation is in the Bible, and writes this, “Write down what you see, John, so God’s children can read it and wait in happy excitement!” The promise of...

When Mary went to visit Elizabeth and to tell her of all that was spoken to her by the angel, Gabriel, Elizabeth said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!" Why was Mary a blessed woman? Luke 1:45 says...

December 1792 in Austria, an unmarried embroiderer gave birth to her third child; a baby boy named Joseph. Joseph's father had deserted his mother immediately upon learning of the pregnancy. The abandoned mother, who was already short on money...

Two frogs fell into a pitcher of cream. One quickly gave up and sank to the bottom, but the other kept kicking and kicking until the cream became butter. Once it was hard enough, the frog had enough to jump out of the pitcher. Often, the...

After every Halloween, we go through the exercise of rationing out the treasure-trove of candy and chocolate and sugar that our kids received on their night of Trick-or-Treating. Our idea was that the kids could get ONE (bite-size, not full-size)...

When we first moved in to our house, my first project was to build a mud room (a room where my kids could take off their muddy shoes and jackets before actually stepping foot into the house). It was a perfect build with genius ingenuity; everything...

"GET UP!!!" In the American Classic, Rocky II, Rocky Balboa is up against Apollo Creed for the rematch from the first Rocky movie, and it is extremely tense. In a moment of intense drama, both Rocky and Apollo Creed hit the floor. Then...