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Lessons from Cancer: Gratitude While There's Still Time

The Coffee, Not the Cup

What Does It Really Mean to Be Holy?

God Is in the Holiness Business

Who Is God?

Jesus, Our High Priest

The Miracle of God With Us

God in Our Skin: How Jesus Became One of Us

"If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments"

Risk, Wisdom, and the Will of God

Why Preach the Law?

Inside-Out Transformation

Reclaiming the Center

Lost and Perishing

How God Revealed Himself Little by Little

Progressive Revelation

God Uses the Mess

Not Against You: Why Preachers Sound Harsh But Mean Well

The Bible Is Not a List of Demands—God Is Not Angry at You

Accepted in the Beloved

Stop Sabotaging Yourself

Grace Offends Everything

Bumble Bear and Busybody Bird

If You Want to Know God, Look at Jesus

We Were Wrong—But We Were Growing

Knowing Your Father on Father’s Day

Cooperation

Laziness vs. Diligence

Build Your Brother’s Name

Used, Ghosted, Betrayed

Living Beyond the Sword

How to Read Scripture Through the Lens of Grace, Love, and Jesus — Step-by-Step

No Hidden Codes

How to Read the Bible Through the Lens of Grace, Love, and Jesus

When What You Know Doesn’t Reach Your Heart

What Lens Are You Using?

When Bitterness Rules the House

There Are Only Two Religions: One of Grace, One of Works

Why Do We Find God’s Grace So Confusing?

God Doesn’t Boast — And That’s Exactly How He Loves You

What It Means to Abide in Christ—To Abide in the Vine

Health Update: May 2025

Memorial Day 2025

Stop Competing. You’re Already Chosen.

Blessed Beyond Measure. What It Means to Be In Christ

How Did Jesus Deal With People?

Diotrephes: The Church Bully

God Loves You So Much

The Bitter Wife

I will dwell in the House of the Lord

What to Do When Someone Offends You or Talks Behind Your Back

God's Love Is Not Envious

How to Stay Your Mind on God and Live in Perfect Peace

Mother’s Powerful Influence

What Isaiah 26:3 Really Teaches Us About the Mind

Perfect Peace, Shalom Shalom, Peace Peace

What Was Meant to Destroy You Does Not Define You

Chased by Goodness and Mercy: Reflections on My Spiritual Birthday

Seeing Beyond the "True" to the Truth

Living Loved, Living One with God

Living from a Place of Victory

God is Kind Because God is Love

He is Waiting and Watching For You

God Is Love

Living Psalm 23

God With Us

Our Shepherd, Friend, Constant Companion

They are Chasing Me Right Now!

My Cup Runneth Over

In the Likeness of His Resurrection

Press Release from Josh Sullivan

Remembering Who I Am in Christ 2

Remembering Who I Am in Christ 1

A Different Plane

Josh Sullivan, Kidnapped Pastor, Released

Blessed in the Middle of the Buffeting

Continue Praying, Now Four Days

Life on a Higher Plane

Continue to pray for Josh Sullivan and his family, KIDNAPPED

The Rod and Staff Bring Comfort

More news. Pray for Abducted Missionary

Missionary Abduction, Please Pray

Urgent Prayer Request, Danger

WYSIWYG: Biblical Truth and the Power of Perception

The Shadow of Death

Never Ever Alone. He will never leave you.

Done Deal. Impossible to Change. Incomprehensible.

Getting "Through" Without Fear

Focus on the Shepherd Not your Situation

Walk Don't Run as You Go "Through!"

Change your focus to stop the nightmare

Ideas on Bible Meditation from Psalm 23

$957 a day

Cancer Meds

David's Meditation Produces Psalms

How to Meditate When in Danger, Betrayed, Falsely Accused, Attacked, and Hated

The Shepherd Leads the Sheep in the Correct Way

Paths of Righteousness for His Name's Sake

He Refreshes and Restores His Sheep

Restoring the Soul of a King

Peace, Quiet, Refreshment in the Middle of the Storm

Content and Satisfied with my Shepherd

Stop twisting God's thoughts and ways

Infected with Self-Righteousness

He meets our needs

My Shepherd is my Father. I am His beloved son.

The Inner Critic Exposed: Fighting Lies with Truth

IS MY

What does the word shepherd mean for us?

The Lord is my Shepherd

Sin has Consequences

No sin exists that He hasn't already forgiven

God is a Relational God.

God Keeps on Loving and Nothing Can Stop Him

Abundant in goodness and truth

God calls Himself Indulgent

The LORD is gracious. I AM is sweet grace.

The LORD is MERCIFUL

Today. Live in the present.

Happy Birthday to my Best Friend

God is Love. He loves Unconditionally. Nothing will inspire you more.

Do you know God or a caricature of God?

You start living, eternal life, when you know God

Jesus Loves Me, This I Don't Really Know

How you tell yourself the story makes a difference!

To my favorite person, my Valentine

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Shaping Identity and Decision-Making

Cancer spread to Lungs, Tumors Growing, Medical Update on Cancer

From Victim to Victor: Crafting Your Life's Story

Beyond the Facts: The Interpretive Nature of Personal Stories

The Stories We Tell

Rewriting My Life’s Story From "Why Me?" to "Behold, He Was With Me"

The Devil's Playbook: Recognizing Spiritual Attacks

Masks of Malice: Deceitful Friends in the Bible

Beyond Convenience: The Sacrificial Nature of True Friendship

The Bitter Taste of Betrayal: David and Ahithophel's Broken Bond

Covenant Brotherhood: A Biblical Model of True Friendship

Fragmented Selves: Beyond Labels. Who Are You?

Nighttime Whispers of Grace: God's Love in Our Sleep

Breaking the Chains of Materialism: The Transformative Power of Giving

Beloved and Well-Pleased: The Trinity's Love Story

Beyond Performance: Understanding God's Unconditional Love

Embraced by the Father: The Astonishing Reality of God's Love

Love That Pursues: God's Relentless Affection for His People

Is John 3:16 the New Testament's Hosea?

What Can We Learn from the Selflessness of God's Love?

God's Continual Blessings: Recognizing Divine Favor in Your Daily Life

Abundant Blessings: Reflecting on God's Infinite Generosity

Blessed to Be Sons and Daughters: God's Invitation to Divine Kinship

What a Wonderful God

From Harlot to Hero: Rahab's Journey of Faith

Motives Matter: Lessons from Scripture

Grace-Empowered Generosity

Biblical Wisdom on Wealth: Finding Balance in Finances

Biblical Giving in the Church

Frequently Asked Questions about Final Judgment

Orchard parable: The Society for the Picking of Apples

Trust in the Lord: Navigating the New Year with Psalm 31