I believe that studying the Psalms as a family gives us an opportunity to teach our kids faithful praise, prayer, and proper worship of God. It also allows our children to see raw humanity as the honesty of situations, feelings, and troubles are on display by the author's of the Psalms. This is a collection …
A Christian’s Response to Injustice
It’s no secret—this world is full of injustice. Just turn on the news. Every day we see things that make us angry, break our hearts, and leave us asking, “How can this be right?” We see people treated unfairly, the innocent suffering, the guilty seemingly getting away with it, and evil appearing to win. And …
A Quiet and Gentle Spirit-1 Peter 3:1-4
I have a confession to a make: God has convicted me of having a gentle and quiet spirit for over 20 years. I have prayed for it and admired those who have it. But, I have not surrendered to it. I have stayed away from studying and sharing much on the topic as well as …
Not the World’s Hope, the Hope of Jesus
How do you define hope? Is it a nervous expectancy of something that may or may not go in your favor? Is it a wish that you just really, really want to come true? Or is it a definite, grounded in a firm faith that will come to pass? I am willing to bet that …