God said, “Go to Nineveh!” Jonah said, “No, I’m having none of it!” and so starts one of the more amazing sagas of the Bible. The Bible says, “Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction in order to… Continue reading

According Doug Pollock (Outreach, August, 2005 issue) as American forces moved through the city of Najah in April, 2003, rumors spread among the population that the soldiers were going to desecrate a mosque. An angry crowd of Iraqi civilians gathered… Continue reading

Dr. Henry Cloud, in his book, Integrity, makes this simple statement – “Reality is always your friend.” He tells the story of the CEO of a dog food manufacturing company that was seeing sales fall month after month. New sales… Continue reading

My sons are doing some remodeling work in our home this week. Watching them work makes me wish I was 28 again! Yesterday, I got home and when I saw a part of the unfinished project, I said, “Stop, that… Continue reading

God has no grandchildren! In reading the books of 1 and 2 Kings, I note a phrase that shows up again and again as a new generation is introduced, “he did what evil in the sight of the Lord.” The… Continue reading

Ask my family and friends, it’s tough to get me to relax. I’m a focused person who likes things done right and efficiently. I do not say that as a matter of pride. Sometimes my driven nature leads me to… Continue reading

On Tuesday, America’s political landscape experienced an earthquake of sorts, rearranging the chairs in Washington, DC. Most of the punditry that I read attributes the people’s overthrow of the Republican party to her drift from the core values of conservatism.… Continue reading

Are you ever tempted to think that you or someone you know is beyond redemption, with a life too full of ‘junk’ to ever be useful in God’s hands? When faced with a person’s repeated failures, we conclude, “There’s just… Continue reading

Yesterday, I opened the Sept./Oct. ’06 issue of Discipleship Journal and saw an interview with Pastor Ted Haggard printed there and it made me feel sick and sad all over again. I realize you may have had enough ‘Haggard’ to… Continue reading

The king was delighted to be bringing the treasured Ark of the Covenant of God to Jerusalem. The gold chest which had been the symbolic place of God’s dwelling among the people had been part of Israel’s national life for… Continue reading