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Saul lost his throne because he feared people. David kept his because he knew he was loved by God. The difference between these two kings is the difference between a life built on human approval and a...
Paul repeats himself in 1 Thessalonians 4. Within three verses, he writes the same phrase twice: "alive and remain." Repetition in Scripture is not sloppy writing. It is emphasis. When God says someth...
Your brain will not stop. You lie down at night and a crowd of thoughts shouts over each other. You replay conversations. You rehearse disasters. You solve problems that do not yet exist. And the hard...
An ancient city lived or died at its gates. Guards stood there. Merchants came and went through them, and an attacking army aimed for them first. Whatever passed through the gates ruled the streets in...
Jeremiah's sentence has a second half that people often miss. "Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD Go...
The Greek language has four words for love. English has one. That single fact has caused more confusion about God than almost any theological debate in history. When a husband says "I love you" to his...
A man gave ten percent of everything he owned to a priest, four centuries before the law of Moses existed. No command. No obligation. No temple. Just a grateful response to the God who delivered him....
If you buy a new car, you must use the correct fuel. If you fill the tank with orange juice, the engine will fail. It does not matter how much you argue that orange juice is healthy. The machine only...
A doctor can prescribe medication for your panic attacks. A therapist can teach you to reframe your thoughts. But the Bible does something neither one can do: it tells you where fear came from, who de...
Some of the most important work God does in us happens in places we never label as spiritual: traffic lights, long queues, slow drivers, and interruptions that break the pace we planned for the day. S...
Men do not speak life naturally. We casually use the vocabulary of the grave to describe our appetite. A man says, "I am dying for a plate of chicken rice." A student makes an error and says, "I am de...
There is a myth that to be a leader, you must be loud. We confuse aggression with strength and silence with weakness. We see the heroes in movies breaking things to save the day, and we think that is...
Working harder doesn't always produce more fruit.Sometimes it only produces more exhaustion. The disciples fished all night.They used their experience and skill. They caught nothing. “That night they...
Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...
Agur, the writer of Proverbs 30, was a wise man. Yet he admitted there were four things that were too wonderful for him to comprehend. "There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four...
A man eats dinner at his desk for the third night that week and tells himself this is what success costs. Most people believe that wealth must be bought with sleepless nights and declining health. The...
The world has a specific pattern for success. It usually involves a frantic pace, a demand for immediate gratification, and a subtle promise that if you just hurry a little faster, you'll arrive. But...
There is a pervasive myth that the Christian life is supposed to be hard. We equate struggle with holiness. We think if we aren't suffering or white-knuckling our way through life, we aren't doing it...
When something thrives, people often credit luck, talent, or timing.Scripture points to another foundation: "Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established."Proverbs 24:3 Nati...
There is a book you can hold in your hand that acts as the manufacturer's handbook for your life. It holds the answers, but it also holds something far more potent: Life. The Bible says that all Scrip...
