The issue is authenticity, not eccentricity, and the key to authenticity is being honest with ourselves. Of course, that is true at any age, but it is especially important as we age. Facing facts is just plain tough to do,...
The tragedy is that so few Christians live in the constant flow of God’s love. The church we see around us has virtually no power, no overflow of love, no joy or peace, hardly anything to show for being God’s...
One thing that makes so many of us so crotchety as we get older is that nothing looks the same. Our memories of “how life was” take on an artificial radiance, and in that golden glow “how life is” looks...
There is a mystery about loving grandkids. When I was young, back when Lincoln was in the White House, I heard grandparents talk about their grandchildren in a way I could not comprehend. They seemed unhinged. If it was love...
Do you remember that incredible Howard Beale scene in the film Network? The TV anchorman, Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch), tells his viewers to go to the window and shout how angry they are, in no uncertain terms. I...
As I studied love more deeply, I was struck over and over by love’s profundity and practicality. It is completely inexhaustible, imminently powerful, and easily obtainable. Yet we have dumbed down love to mean little more than a feeling, a...
God’s plan for believers in all times is that we walk in greater and greater health, even if we are present on earth during the great falling away. The Bible indicates many times that when things worsen around us, Christians...
No matter the season or reason, the truth of God will be spread and heard across the globe! Many Christians submerge their voices in fear of cancellation, but we are called by Christ to speak up and stand out, not...
The young man was from the Ural mountain area of Russia, and a few years earlier he and some of his Christian friends from other parts of Russia had traveled to attend a Swedish youth conference where I preached about...
