As young little leaguers take the field, it is inevitable that one of them gets distracted and begins to pick the flowers, even when the baseball is hit in their...

Our struggles are regular opportunities to depend upon God for breakthrough. Joel predicts a plague of locusts that would crush Israel, bringing her to her knees in dependence upon God...

There is warfare going on all around us in the world that is all too evident and costing innumerable lives. What is not so evident is the warfare waged on...

George Orwell coined the term “newspeak” in his book 1984. It is used today to refer to confusing political terms, either euphemisms or redefinitions for governmental evils, like “reproductive health...

Sin broke us. Not just a little bit. Crushed. Ruined. Completely. “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,” personal therapists, and the best self-help books on the market...

Sin is not something that simply complicates our relationship with God; it severs it! It produces in us a deadness and constant dissatisfaction in our soul that is unavoidable. Self-help...

Failure can feel final, like we’ve reached the end of the road and must resign to its horrific consequences. But we do so from a limited and often naïve perspective....

When it comes to evaluating our day, “good” or “bad,” we’re experts. Without realizing it, we can tend to adopt our culture’s mindset and assess much of our life from...

The world of Noah’s day was completely destroyed. An entire population, more than likely in the millions, wiped out while only eight righteous people could be found. How does this...

The kingdom of Judah played politics after King Josiah died, siding with one oppressive nation or the other, hoping to gain some reprieve. They soon discovered, however, that politicking completely...