Joy is the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something good. Pure joy might seem like a fleeting emotion, but you can hold on to it even if you only feel it for a moment. You c… Read More

Here is part 1:  A Christian school crisis—and what to do about it  4. Forgetting the practical application “Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them… Read More

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Hang on, because this one, I am learning as I type!The Passage starts with Jesus preparing the Disciples to be sent out two by two for the first time.He warns them with many examples that th… Read More

The Song of Solomon is not a favorite to teach on; its intimacy between a man and a woman is what Chuck Swindoll means when he says the Word of God is " sometimes, downright raw."  But… Read More

I have a confession to make. If someone asked me to recite The Lord’s Prayer or Ten Commandments, I would struggle to remember the words. Not that I was born into an atheist family. Fa… Read More

220 Religion Quotes “Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one… Read More

So this week we have one of those verses whose meaning turns on something rather funny.  I'm first going to show you the verse, plus the ones before and after from the ESV to get contex… Read More

Image for illustration purposes only.Texas Border Business “I would like to change my bedtime on New Year’s Eve,” says Tyler, 11. “I usually go to bed at 10 p.m… Read More

Family quotes “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” —George Bernard Shaw Loving Quotes About Family “The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the… Read More

As my former Sunday School students have heard me say more than once, the best messages come to me in the shower.  And so it was, one day this past week, I was praying on the "Five Guys… Read More