Description:All of us know the trauma of defeat, but did you ever stop to consider that there can be greater dangers in the aftermath of victory?

Could it be that as we work our two jobs and feel guilty about the lack of time with our kids that we over compensate by not allowing them to face some of the hard times they need to face in order to learn what it takes to be successful in life?

Most of us in America worry more about dieting than about starving. In the midst of this sumptuous feast of material satisfaction why is there so much hunger in our souls?

Two adults. Decisions to be made. Why not have sexual pleasure which such a pleasing partner?

One of the biggest challenges to a biblical faith is that as we open the pages of the Bible we are faced not with a sweet romanticism but a history bathed in blood. To make the problem stickier, as we open to Deuteronomy chapter seven it is none other than the God of heaven who calls for his people to execute a holy war.

Our walls in our bedrooms and in our living rooms reveal a lot about where our lives are focused. That is why the Jewish prophet Moses advised his people to hang up something very important on the walls of their homes. What was it?

All great men and women have one thing in common--they are focused. They pour it out for a cause that is worth living for. If someone asked you to summarize your life in one simple sentence could you do it? What would you say?

God is not often presented as the powerful judge of the universe whose very presence causes all men, great and small, to cringe in fear before his awesome presence. If you have not seen the Father’s Old Testament holiness, you will never appreciate the reason for the pain and suffering of Calvary.

When we do wrong, our own conscience and guilt knows something needs to be done to make our case before the true, moral judge of the universe. Who is your mediator before the court of divine justice?

Our marriages, our work, our families, and our friendships. We must stop building them fifty-fifty, on justice and fairness, but on forgiving mercy and grace. We can trust our heavenly Father to ultimately set things right.