“He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.” (Jonathan Edwards) First Corinthians 13 is famous for a reason. Though it may be used mostly for weddings, it’s ultimate context relates to spiritual gifts and how some in the church at Corinth became so puffed up…

I watched a video recently that made me tear up. It was an adoption video, where they captured the actual court proceedings and the viewer got to see the slam of the gavel and the judge officially declare the teenager a son of the two parents. It was beautiful to watch. The teenager went from…

“. . . we must emphasize that the chief reality of the atonement is that it was a penal substitution. In penal substitution, the penalty that is due to us for our transgression is paid by a substitute, namely, Jesus Christ.” Ligonier Ministries, https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/penal-substitution Some will understand the play on words in the title, but…

Small excerpt from my next book, When God Says No: How to Respond to Unanswered Prayer (title tentative). Do we have room in our theology for when God says no to our prayers? Do we understand God does, in fact, say no to many of our prayers? Even our earnest and heartfelt ones? Even the…

Recently my infant, Piper, got sick at daycare. At a mere six weeks old, her projectile vomiting was cause for concern. Dehydration sets in quickly. Thankfully my wife, Shale, got her in to see the pediatrician that same day. All was supposedly well. As she put Piper back in the car seat and called me…