Male bonding! That’s when a group of guys gets together to act silly. Maybe the bonding comes with a card game, deer hunting, or a father and his sons watching pro football on TV. Whatever the excuse, guys enjoy getting together to belch and tell stupid stories. If women would […]

A man was walking through a supermarket with a screaming baby in a shopping cart. A woman nearby noticed that time and again the man would say, “Keep calm, Albert. Keep calm, Albert.” Finally, in admiration for the man’s patience as the child continued to wail, the woman walked up […]

It’s interesting to follow Jesus’ three-year ministry. We notice that as his ministry grew, so did his band of followers–from the early calling of James, John, Peter, and Andrew to the naming of the 12 apostles, and to the sending of over 70 out into the mission field. Much has […]

How organized are you? Can you find a receipt for a purchase you made last Christmas in five minutes, or is that impossible? It’s interesting how some people seem to be born with a skill to manage their lives neatly and orderly, while others have a horrible time simply remembering […]

Paul’s second book to Timothy presents some thoughtful insights on conditions in the last days. He predicts that people will be “lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash, conceited, […]

Have you ever said something you wish you hadn’t? Perhaps they were foolish words you shouted in anger.  Perhaps they were frivolous words spoken in zealous love. Perhaps you’ve spoken some meaningless words just to keep someone happy, or perhaps you’ve cleverly disguised words just to deceive someone. Maybe there […]

While waiting at a stop sign on a rural road in South Dakota, an old man on a moped leaned over to look into a Porsche stopped next to him. Admiringly, he told the driver how much he liked the sports car. So the Porsche driver thought he would show […]

One of the pains of deep depression and anxiety is the feeling that everyone around seems to be normal while you are the one who is different and hurting. This feeling often causes more fear and despondency within the anxious soul. The real fact is that everyone is suffering. No […]

Scripture has its own set of despots who could rank well with the Hitlers, Stalins, and Saddam Husseins of more recent history. High on this list of infamous Bible tyrants is Jehoiakim, 18th king of Judah, ruler from 609–598 B.C. Jehoiakim was raised in the home of faithful King Josiah, […]

A famous preacher once said, “I wish that saints would cling to Christ half as earnestly as sinners cling to the devil. If we were as willing to suffer for God as some are willing to suffer for their lusts, what perseverance and zeal would be seen on all sides!” […]