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Bible Scholar Answers Your Tough Bible Questions

What are the things you least want to read but most need to hear? Questions have poured in from around the globe for this week’s #LentChallenge reading. Download a free guide here. People are wondering: Who is the son of man? What's with all the demons? Each week...

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What Happened to Your Ache for the Holy Spirit?

Where has your joy gone? Who has stolen your joy? These spiritual check-up questions need to be asked on a regular basis. But they must always be followed up by another question:  What brings you great joy? Today, we parachute into the Gospel of Luke as we celebrate...

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What If Jesus Does Not Come Back?

Are we in the end times? What are the signs of the end of the age? When is Jesus' return? These questions capture headlines, imaginations, and intense Biblical debate. Over the years, I’ve seen heated arguments as well as relationships turned icy as people wrestle...

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Why Won’t God Answer My Prayers?

The #LentChallenge asks you to read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in preparation for Easter. To drink in the fullness of the story of Jesus, to immerse yourself in His teaching, miracles, arrest and resurrection. But the challenge is to not read the familiar, but ask...

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What is Disobedience Really Costing You?

We experience moments when The Holy nudges us to do something or leave something undone. Yet we resist. By… Ignoring the prod to pick up the phone and apologize. Resisting the urge to give. Uttering the unkind word though we know we should keep silent. Breaking the...

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How to Live as a Rich Christian in a World of Poverty

As Spiderman’s uncle reminds us, “With great power comes great responsibility.” If you are able to access this post, you rank among the most wealthy and free on the planet. But what will you do with that wealth and freedom? Today, we celebrate Day 11 in the...

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Why Did God Allow Jesus to be Tempted?

Do you ever come across a verse, passage, or parable and say to yourself: What in the world does that mean? I don’t understand what Jesus is saying in that passage. Why would they respond that way? Is that still true today? You’re not alone. Every week during the...

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How to Decode the Parables, Enigmas, and Mysteries of God

I don’t understand. This doesn’t make sense. I’m so confused. What the what? Life sometimes seems like an enigma wrapped in a riddle, stuffed inside a cryptogram and sealed with another riddle. Why was that allowed? What are you trying to say? What’s going on here?...

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What to Do When You Wake Up A Ghost of Your Former Self

What to Do When You Wake Up A Ghost of Your Former Self

You must lose yourself to find your true self. This is the holy path of the downward ascent. Following Jesus is a wretched journey as He pries the lesser loves from our grasp one finger at a time. That was so important to me. That was the glue that held me together....

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