Summer’s long days shorten. The scent of cider blots out the smoke of campfires. Kids will return to school. Thus ends the summer of Psalms.
Ending the Summer of Psalms
Journaling God’s Word
Sometimes Bible study and quiet time becomes prescriptive. That's when journaling God’s Word helps the most.
Who Doesn’t Want Better Things?
The writer of the book of Hebrews lists at least thirteen things that are better for New Testament believers than what Israel had under the law.
How’s Your Work Ethic?
Work is a four-letter word. But God created mankind with the need to work.
Avoiding Chaos in the Home
God created a world of order. If the family--society's basic building block--lacks order, it leads to chaos everywhere.
Am I an Ideal Christian?
I keep wondering if I’m even close to being an ideal Christian.
Considering the Ideal Church
If you find the perfect church, don’t join it or else it will no longer be perfect. But an ideal is different than perfection. Or so I told myself while listening to my pastor’s sermon. Jesus’ life is the ideal for how we should pattern our life. And I constantly fall short of that ideal. …
A Word from the Wise
Reading through the book of Proverbs each month can contribute to a high wisdom quotient. It's a word from the Wise--God--from the lips of the wisest man to live--Solomon.
Three Ways to Have a Good Life
Everyone wants a good life. Sometimes, we might have varying definitions about what constitutes a good life. God’s word will always help us clarify that, if we read it with an open mind and heart. I read through the entire Bible in 2021. I’m not saying this to brag. I couldn’t tell you what I …
Ezra Comes to Sunday School
I teach a class of 4th to 8th graders, and we recently traveled through the book of Ezra. Here are some things I thought I knew (but didn’t): Ezra was part of the rebuilding of the post-captivity temple. Nope. That happened as much as FIFTY years before Ezra showed up with the contingent of priests …
A Pew Perspective 