Something happened 2000 years ago. Not just something, but someone: Jesus of Nazareth. Since the dawn of human civilization, plenty of people have made plenty of religious claims about life and eternity. Many have claimed to know the secrets to…

I was told by the mission team that recently accompanied me to Armenia that this is their favorite photo of me from our trip. I suppose it captures both our purpose and our joy. After all, we traveled to the…

You’re looking at my view late Monday from the Armenian village of Ujan, about half an hour from Yerevan, where my fellow mission team members and I are building a playground for children. The photo can’t do justice to the…

Three Dog Night sang, “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” I’ve been walking our congregation through the book of Ecclesiastes, and Chapter 4 has confronted all of us with the problem of aloneness. As I looked at…

I’m a big fan of green peas. Even the frozen kind that you nuke for 4.5 minutes right before dinner. With just a little butter on top, they fit almost every plate perfectly. Eileen and Josh don’t share my affinity…

Ephphatha! Even if we could pronounce it correctly, it’d be a strange sound in our ears. But it’s a word recorded in the Bible – so it’s a word that will always matter. In fact, it’s a word that should…

Any couple that has endured the piercing sorrow of infertility knows all too well the feelings of desperation and despair. The pain is real. We as Christ’s body must be full of grace toward anyone struggling with the inability to…

Does your walk with God need renewed energy and joy? Do you want to break free from the wintry spiritual blues? Do you need some fresh wind in your sails? You’re not alone. Lots of Christ followers are reporting a…

The gun is loaded and pointed. Right at the Bible. That’s what you get when you combine rampant moral relativism and widespread hostility toward objective truth. So those of us who believe the Bible better know why we believe what…

“Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death” (Matthew 26:59). The scene in Jerusalem was a palatial mansion. As the supreme ecclesiastical court, supposedly in search of…