What does it mean to grow spiritually? Really. What does it mean? Have you thought about it? Does it mean going to church more? Does it...

The word “values” appears over and over in our conversations, our news casts, our politics, our opinions pieces and a variety of other...

Even if I were an atheist, I would be forced to acknowledge that there is something supernatural about the bible. Perhaps as an atheist,...

Human identity is best thought of in two ways.  First, we usually think of identity as the unique and disparate characteristics that...

The apostle Peter gave us an immensely important Christian concept in his first letter.  The KJV renders Peter’s thought this way: “But...

Paul commands Christians to avoid conforming to worldly patterns. Instead, he tells us to be transformed by the renewal of our minds...

The cause of America’s economic woes is not the result solely of political mismanagement. More than anything else, it is the result of...

The industrial revolution that transformed the world and brought us much good also forced out of us troves of wisdom that lived in the...

In his epistle, the apostle James seems to burden us with a command to action.  He directs us to be doers of God’s word and not just...

Translation is the science and the art of taking the ideas, the concepts, and the meanings trapped in the words of one language and...

The writer of Hebrews likens the Word of God to a sharp double edged sword that is able to divide between soul and spirit, joints and...

Wise men see value in light, and so they pursue it as it leads them to wisdom, humility, and great joy.  Evil men,  however, see value in...

If you go out and survey a bunch of people on the street and ask them to define for you the term “peace,” most will say that it means to...

One of the criticisms of American evangelical short term missionary work is that it doesn’t focus enough on Jesus, but instead is too...

God frequently chooses the small to defeat the great. When Paul was encouraging the Christians at Corinth with his first letter to them,...

All human problems sprout from poor spiritual soil. In fact, barring biological or developmental weaknesses, along with accidents of...

Temptation is a mirage. It is a flickering and inviting illusion of water that beckons you off of a brutal desert path and calls you to...

Paul teaches the church at Corinth that bad company corrupts good character (1 Corinthians 15:33). What he means in that verse is that...

David wrote Psalm 63 when he was fleeing in the wilderness – either during the time he fled from Saul, or the time he fled from his son,...

In Psalm 119:105, the psalmist declares that the word of God is a lamp unto his feet and a light on his path. In this metaphor he...