As written in the Bible, Proverbs 18:21 states, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” From our mouths, both blessings and curses flow through—either to uplift or to destroy....
How do we navigate the world of prophecies and deception? To understand how to differentiate truth from lies, fact from fiction, we need to turn to the Bible and the apostle Paul. In his first letter to the church in...
During this time, I was performing with a band all over Los Angeles. We were chasing the ever-elusive rock-and-roll carrot. We came close several times but never managed to snag the record deal. I was nearing thirty years of age,...
Truth can be defined as “that which conforms with fact or reality.” Truth can also be seen as “genuineness, veracity, or actuality. In a word, truth is reality. It is how things actually are. Theologically, truth is that which is...
Lift your staff. Use what is in your hand right now. Take the initiative. It is so simple that we tend to miss it again and again, thinking we need to be pros and perfect to be used by God. As...
To even the casual reader of the Bible, it’s obvious that names matter to God. From the creation of the earth, we recognize that names signify origin. When God named the first man Adam, the word was closely tied to...
One day when I was sixteen, a drinking buddy got in touch. He said a great New Year’s Eve party was coming up in Uppsala, a city about a three hours’ drive away. He went on and on about how...
Scripturally, the Bible doesn’t seem to provide a definitive answer as to whether time travel is possible, noting every person has an appointed time for their death (Heb. 9:27), our lives were “ordained” and “written in [God’s] book before one...
In the now infamous scene from The Matrix, Morpheus offers Thomas Anderson, alias Neo, a red pill and a blue pill. The red pill would reveal the harsh reality, while the blue pill would allow Neo to remain in the...
