If you’ve ever lost a child, you know how painful the loss can be. My wife, Cathe, and I have experienced this pain of loss firsthand when our son, Christopher, died in a tragic accident on July 24, 2008. This kind of loss can leave you reeling with shock and disbelief because as parents, we …
The reality is that a dog would rather just do what dogs do. He’d rather be doing things like eating roadkill, drinking toilet water and chasing cats. You can’t change the nature of an animal. The Bible even asks, “Can a leopard take away its spots?” (Jeremiah 13:23 NLT). Which brings us to another question: …
Have you ever noticed how little children always want their parents’ attention? Maybe they’re learning to ride a bike and they call out, “Watch me!” There’s something in them that wants Mom or Dad to say, “All right! You’re doing a good job! I saw that – it was wonderful!” In a sense, this is …
There are many choices in life that we face every day – hundreds, maybe thousands, of choices. Just start with the supermarket. The word super says it all. My wife sometimes will send me to the market, which never ends well. I buy things she didn’t ask me to buy, and I don’t buy the …
Sometimes people have something bad happen in life and claim they’ve lost their faith because of it. Good. They need to get rid of that faith, because a faith that cannot be tested is a faith that cannot be trusted. Real faith in a real God will not grow weaker through difficulty. It only will …
We all will leave a legacy of sorts – either a positive one or a negative one. Our lives eventually will come to an end, and each of us will leave a legacy. The truth will come out – the good things we did, the bad things we did, what we really stood for. We …
In a way, all prayer is actually answered. God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no and wait. When God says no to our prayers, we think he didn’t answer them. But actually, he did. He said no. That’s an answer. Sometimes God tells us to wait because God has his timing. And sometimes God …
Over the years as a pastor, I’ve talked with people on their deathbeds and have often heard the same thing from parents: If they had it to do all over again, they would spend more time with their children and their spouse. And of course, they always add, “I would have been closer to God.” …
Have you ever been extremely lonely, maybe even when you were surrounded by people? Have you ever felt cut off? Have you ever felt as though your friends abandoned you or that you were completely misunderstood? If so, then you have a faint idea of what Jesus Christ went through as he agonized in the …
I think we all have questions we would like to ask God. How wonderful would it be to sit down to a cup of coffee with Jesus and say, “I have a few things I wanted to ask you about.” We’re all searching in life. We’re all searching for something. At a very young age, …
