On a clear Summer day in 2005 I drove the twisting road that leads to the top of Pike’s Peak, a mountain in Colorado. The summit is 14,110 feet above sea level! Standing there, like every tourist, I gushed over… Continue reading

A friend died in spite of my faithful prayers. I wondered why. A man told me how he prayed for God’s intervention during that terrible day of 9/11/2001 when New York City was attacked by terrorists. He told me how… Continue reading

My faith is complicated! There are a lot of questions about God, some might even call them doubts, that roll around in my head.Do I doubt that He exists? No.Do I doubt that He is a good God? Not at… Continue reading

“Now, don’t forget….” How many times have you heard that? Our lives are full of responsibilities, big and small. Our brains are stuffed with things we must recall – get the oil changed in the car, pick up shirts at… Continue reading

Guys who are getting married often joke about losing their freedom. “She owns me now,” they moan, half seriously. It is true that a married person is no longer just ‘me!’ They now live as ‘we.’ If a married man… Continue reading

I’m very sorry about AIDS orphans in Africa, starvation produced by poverty in Zimbabwe, and tyranny in North Korea, but, what can I do about these things? I just want to turn off the news! Yes, I am experiencing some… Continue reading

Last week, when the news was full of another politician’s infidelity, Bev said, “Promise me that you will never have an affair!” My response surprised her, “I can’t make you that promise.” I explained that IF I think that I… Continue reading

The sermon was on the subject of loving completely. I had made the first point about our inability to love well unless we have experienced God’s love. I moved into my next idea about those things that keep us from… Continue reading

Some situations appear to be beyond hope, don’t they? It’s over. Vitality is gone. Any spark quenched. Churches appear dead! Relationships turn cold. Love for God evaporates in the heat of temptation and trials. Can these things live again? According… Continue reading

I am a citizen of the Kingdom of God, are you? This kingdom has no national boundaries, does not extend its interests with guns, and has no earthly throne. There is an army for this Kingdom, but it is armed… Continue reading