When Life Takes Unexpected TurnsLife is full of changes, some of which we choose and others we don’t. Unexpected transitions can be deeply unsettling, and adjusting to sudden change is never easy. But we’re not alone in this struggle. In the Bible, we see stories of individuals facing overwhelming challenges, from Job on the extreme end to just uncertainty of what tomorrow holds. Jesus can help us...  Read More

I was thinking about the ways we communicate with others and how they have shifted dramatically over the past few decades. For example, I remember when we first started using pagers for business communication in the 1980’s. Pagers were a way to communicate quickly without using a telephone. With a pager you could receive a 3-digit code to inform you of some needed action, such as “111 - call home”...  Read More

The Purpose of Jesus’ Death“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28).Here is a question I was asked several years ago, that I believe may be on the minds of many people today:Why did Jesus, who had an immensely impactful ministry of healing and teaching, allow His work to abruptly end with His death?The answer ...  Read More

What does God want from us?As I read Psalm 50, it seems that it is not a typical Psalm of lament or praise. Rather it’s a powerful reminder of God’s sovereignty, righteousness, and His desire for genuine worship from us. It is written like a divine summons, opening with a vision of God calling all the earth, from the rising to the setting of the sun, to witness His judgment. It’s not a judgment ro...  Read More

Just a few days ago, Hurricane Helene left immeasurable devastation across the southeast US with over 200 confirmed dead. Many, many others are still missing and unaccounted for. And as I’m writing this another hurricane is forming in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward the west coast of Florida. We will certainly hear of more of the same devastation when it makes landfall. I watched a news report...  Read More

Suffering With A PurposeIt is natural for us to resist pain. None of us seek out suffering or affliction, yet they are unavoidable parts of the human experience. If you haven’t faced them yet, you will. Suffering finds everyone in time.But there’s hope: when suffering comes, remember that God is sovereign over it. He uses our afflictions first for His glory and then for our ultimate good, though p...  Read More