Today marks the beginning of the Lenten season, the forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). I wrote a new devotional, Journey to the Cross , if you are looking for a resource to guide you. As we approach Holy Week, where we remember the sacrifice, suffering, and resurrection of our Savior, it’s good to give ourselves to humble and thankful mourning. Yes, we should be rejoicing people because we have in the redemption that is ours in Christ Jesus eternal reason to... Read More

My cell phone rang and woke me up. Luella, my wife, was on the other end. “Get home as fast as you can,” she said. The car journey seemed to take forever. Our daughter, Nicole, had been walking home from work in the city when a drunk and unlicensed driver lost control of her SUV, careened up onto the sidewalk, and crushed Nikki against a wall. Doctors told us later that if this accident had happened in the suburbs, Nicole probably wouldn’t have lived long enough to get to... Read More

I am convinced that there are many disappointed, defeated, doubting, and cynical Christians. Most are still going to church. Most are even participating in the externals of Christianity, but their faith no longer brings peace and motivation to their everyday lives. Could I be describing you? Here are some signs of a disappointed Christian: 1. Disappointment with God. Do you feel as if God has not given you the life that he has promised? If we misunderstand what God is doing in the here... Read More

Marcus was in the final stages of colon cancer. He was only fifty-seven, but his body looked like he was ninety. Marcus and his wife, Judy, knew that he didn’t have much time. She held Marcus’s hands and looked at him with the mature love of a woman married to her best friend. Marcus’s body had begun the process of shutting down, but he was quite alert for his condition. He was neither angry nor afraid. Yes, he had moments of frustration and agony, and he despised the... Read More