A short parable

A short parable

“My choices are my business and no one else’s,” says the man as he drives his car into the concrete median, backing up traffic for miles. The impact of our sin never stops with us. It always, always spreads.
The Unleavened Life: Taking in Sincerity and Truth

The Unleavened Life: Taking in Sincerity and Truth

With three little ones involved, Mary and I have discovered that the deleavening process takes more time than it used to. We lack the time (and energy) to tackle larger chunks of the house in a single evening. Instead, we tend to dedicate entire evenings to smaller...
Blood on the Doorposts

Blood on the Doorposts

Up until the tenth plague, it was enough to just be an Israelite. Beginning with the flies of the fourth plague, God “set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell” (Exodus 8:22). The Bible makes specific note that the Egyptians had swarms of flies while the...
The Ball Pit of Destiny

The Ball Pit of Destiny

You’re standing at the edge of a ball pit. The pit itself is three feet high—about the level of your waist. For the most part, it looks exactly like the kind of ball pit you’d find at a run-of-the-mill kid’s playground. The balls are colorful, three inches in...
The Precious Gift of Prayer

The Precious Gift of Prayer

You can talk with God. And God will listen. The most powerful Being in this universe, and you have the ability to come before His throne—once, twice, a hundred times a day. You can ask Him for help. You can tell Him what you’re struggling with. You can request the...