Daily Encouragement
Published: Thu, 03/17/22
When I was a kid I remembered St. Patrick's Day as the day they dyed the Chicago River green. When I was in college it was the day the pubs turned the…
Published: Wed, 03/16/22
People sometimes wonder why Adam is blamed for original sin when Eve was the first to eat the forbidden fruit. The short answer is... as the head of…
Published: Tue, 03/15/22
Many people struggle because they have no sense of mission. This is unfortunate, because finding your mission shouldn't be difficult. Yeah, zeroing in…
Published: Mon, 03/14/22
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this…
Published: Fri, 03/11/22
As the Roman Empire was in decline, St. Augustine wrote: “Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times…
Published: Thu, 03/10/22
The Bible presents God as a deliverer of His people. This isn't just an abstract idea. Nor is it merely about transportation to heaven after death.
Published: Wed, 03/09/22
No matter what's going on in the world you still have a garden to tend. This goes way back to the beginning when God commanded Adam to cultivate and…
Published: Tue, 03/08/22
When Joshua was on his way to take the city of Jericho, he came upon a man with his sword drawn (Josh.5:13ff.). Joshua asked him, "Are you for us or…
Published: Mon, 03/07/22
How to overcome this bane of fruitful living... Petty disagreements. Petty offenses. Petty, unfounded fears... ... they're like weeds that choke out…
Published: Fri, 03/04/22
Not all Christians observe Lent. But I believe all ought to take time for the kind of moral self-evaluation that leads to repentance, which is at the…