Mount Moriah loomed in the distance, and with each footstep, the mountain seemed to grow bigger and more intimidating. Abraham has spent much of his...
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
The Chumps Who Had to Move the Tabernacle
The Israelites spent 40 years wandering through the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land. That's 40 years of setting up camp and taking down...
Knowing
"And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the...
Earthen Vessels
Babies are pretty incompetent. I mean that in the nicest way possible, but it's true—at least for human babies. The animal kingdom is a whole...
A Letter in a Shoebox
In a decorative shoebox, sitting on the fourth shelf of the bookcase in our living room, is a letter I spent the past year and a half avoiding. I...
Standing at the Threshold
"Are you ready?" That's the question I keep getting. It makes me laugh. Am I ready? Am I ready for my life to change in ways I've never experienced...
When God Is Silent
Between the last page of the Old Testament and the first page of the New sits about 400 years of silence. Four. Hundred. Years. Four hundred years...
When We Were Human
A hundred years from now, where will you be? Dead, I suspect. Unless Jesus Christ returns between now and then, you will "go the way of all the...
Anchors Aweigh
Life is an ocean. It's vast, intimidating, and filled with things we don't fully understand. Storms can come out of nowhere and wreak havoc on our...
What’s Your Obstacle?
For the young ruler, it was riches. When he came to Jesus asking, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?" (Matthew...
3 More Lessons From 5 Awesome Years of Marriage
Marriage is awesome. Full stop. It tends to be the butt of a lot of jokes and ridicule, so I like to be the contrasting voice as often as I can....
There Will Be a Last Time
There will be a last time I ever make a stupid decision. There will be a last time I stub my toe. A last article I ever write. A last time I take...
He Asked for All the Fish
Have you ever wondered why? The Bible records two separate instances where Jesus miraculously fed thousands and thousands of people with only a...
What the Pharisees Can Teach Us About Preparing for Passover
During His time on earth, Jesus Christ had a lot of things to say about the Pharisees. They weren't kind things. Because they sat "in Moses' seat"...
Choosing That Good Part
This year, Mary and I decided to deleaven our house in the most exhausting way possible: Extensive. Home. Remodeling. See, we're hosting the Night...
A Lesson From the Gadarenes
The Gadarenes had a problem. Well, no. They had two problems—two demon-possessed men, "exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way"...
There Is No Secret to Starting
I used to think there was. I still want there to be one, if we're being honest—some secret method to get started on important to-dos and make sure...
Close Doesn’t Count
I have a Fitbit. I have it because I also have an incredibly sedentary desk job, and I am more than capable of going multiple hours without so much...