Today someone will face a crushing disappointment at work. Maybe it will be you. Perhaps you have experienced one of these blows in the past: Your company gave the promotion you have been working toward for years to someone else Your manager submitted a poor review on your annual performance evaluation A coworker stole credit that you deserved and got rewarded for your hard work Your boss told you that your services were no longer needed, even though you gave yourself to the firm... Read More

Have you ever been engaged in a fascinating conversation when another person enters the dialogue, interrupts, and starts talking about themselves? It should rightly irritate you. (Before you think of the person that always seems to do this, ask yourself: how often am I the one who interrupts and makes it all about me?) There’s a moment like this in 1 Corinthians 15. This chapter is probably the New Testament’s longest and most detailed treatise on the resurrection of the Lord... Read More

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. But could anything that seems so horrible be in any way good? As we meditate on Good Friday, the answer is a resounding yes! At the center of our Christian faith is a radical paradox—the most horrible thing that ever happened was the most wonderful thing that ever happened. Consider the cross of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. If you were Jesus’ followers or family, the crucifixion makes no sense. The world is out of... Read More

If you have attended a Christian wedding, chances are that you have heard 1 Corinthians 13 read as part of the ceremony. “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (vv. 4-7, ESV) What a beautiful description of love! But... Read More

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