“And when He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but He was asleep.” Matthew 8:23 (ESV) Jesus had just healed a centurion’s servant simply by speaking the word ...

Remember New Year’s Eve? You had big dreams and long resolutions lists. You were excited, determined, ready to change things! You were so cute! Well, time has passed, and we are in the middle of April. New Year’s resolutions have taken the plunge and are all but forgotten. We have ...

Do you really mean it?  You have probably prayed it hundreds of times: “Thy will be done, thy kingdom come.”  Have you ever considered what the will of God looks like?  Sometimes we speak mindlessly; that’s dangerous.  Words have meaning.  Only humans have the privilege of expressing our minds, will and ...

My decision to enter seminary this fall has become very real in the last couple of days.  I got the email this week that it’s time to register for classes.  What? I’m not ready!  But ready or not, the time has come.  I have registered for Introduction to Christian Scriptures, ...

Two years ago, I decided to tackle one of the items on my bucket list, running a 5K.  After talking to other runners, it was suggested that if I really wanted to finish the race well, I should invest in a trainer.  Before I knew it, I was training 5-6 ...

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” ~ James 1:17 Are you a good steward in this life? Ask yourself this question and give yourself a few minutes to reflect ...

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;”  (I Peter 2:9). For 2000 years, most people have defined marriage as a union between ...

We continually hear people say, “God bless America.” The tune is sung at July 4th celebrations. Even though there are millions of God-honoring people in the nation, the culture as a whole has turned its back on God. His grace, on one hand, is being demonstrated in individual lives, but ...

If you asked ten Christians for the definition of repentance, you’d probably get a dozen different answers. The Greek word for repent is metanoeo, which means, “to change one’s mind.” Sometimes repentance is as dramatic as falling on your face, weeping and confessing. Much of the time, however, repentance is subtle, involving a ...

I am a Christian author; my genre is Christian Fantasy, (SciFi as some call it). This is often a controversial genre because many believers feel there is no room for fiction (untruth) in a Christian world. But God can do anything He wants–we mustn’t limit God. Jesus spoke in parables: He ...