“I don’t have any friends at this church.” When I was a pastor, I heard that regularly from both genders, but more often from men. As much as we use …
How to Please God With Our Work
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Genesis 2:15 (NIV) Six days you shall labor …
Why Memorizing Scripture is So Crucial
When I first came to Christ as a teenager, I came across a biography of the 19th-century hymn-writer Frances Havergal. While she is best known for writing the classic hymn …
Glorifying God at Augusta
When Professional Golf Association’s No. 1 ranked player Scottie Scheffler took to Augusta National for the 2024 Masters in mid-April, there was little he could do that would change the …
When Men Are Single Again
John Piper wrote a book called This Momentary Marriage. It’s a good title, but I hate it. “Romance, sex, and childbearing are temporary gifts of God,” he writes. “They are …
Faith on Full Display at UConn
The yearly spectacle that has come to be widely known as “March Madness” has officially come to an end for 2024. Sure, the most important pieces of the puzzle of …
The “Already/Not Yet” Life of a Christian
One of the greatest decisions of my life was asking my girlfriend to marry me and become my wife, many years ago. Although we had been discussing marriage, were already …
2 Keys for Proper Repentance
Whenever the New Testament uses the word “repent” in English, it comes from the Greek word metanoia. The NIV Exhaustive Concordance Dictionary defines metanoia as “to change any or all …
Learning From Our Sexual Sin
“Cliner, what were you doing?! Get it hard off the boards and out!!” I was playing junior hockey for the Red Deer Rebels. Our coach, Brent Sutter (of the legendary …
When Jesus Asks for More Than We Have
Have you ever felt your spirit moved to give or be involved in a way that seemed more than you could give? Has the Holy Spirit ever seemed to ask …