There is no better commitment to make to start the new year than to make a firm decision to spend more time reading and studying God's...

I grew up in the home of a musician. I attended more concerts of choirs my father conducted and him playing the piano than I could begin...

Those whom the Lord calls to leave home and serve as missionaries, pastors, and teachers in a different land are worthy of our utmost...

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1...

Oh, Middle School. You promised so much but delivered so little. There are so many questions I still have about this picture: Why am I...

I love the "first day of school" pictures. My Facebook feed was overrun with them last week. Little kids going off to school for the...

My wife and I are preparing for a strange new season of life...the empty nest. With our youngest son set to move off to college in a...

"Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the...

"Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the...

"Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the...

"A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends" Proverbs 16:28 There are times when whispering is good. When...

In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to Your name forever." Psalm 44:8 There are two actions mentioned in this...

You have hit a significant milestone in life. What seemed always to be far away has now become very real. As a high school graduate,...

"The Lord is my shepherd..." Psalm 23:1 It has been called the sweetest monosyllable in the English language: "The Lord is MY shepherd."...

Habakkuk was a prophet living about six centuries before the birth of Christ. He despaired as he encountered the continual sin of his...

We love the mountaintop. Spiritually speaking, this is the place where we are keenly aware of the Lord's presence as we are temporarily...

"...But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word." Isaiah 66:2 Humility has...

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...

There is a highway in St. Louis where you can drive down a particular stretch of the road, and you will notice a beautiful row of pear...

"For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not...