Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be
with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:17, NKJV).
“HINE HUBA!”
That’s “Behold, He comes” in Hebrew—and that’s what I’m most thankful for this week as we prepare for our annual […]
I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:
I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound
(Philippians 4:11-12, NKJV).
Lately I can’t get the words to that wonderful old hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” out of my mind. In fact, I’ve been singing it all morning. After a few […]
And Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me,
that I will speak” (1 Kings 22:14, NKJV).
Because so much of what I write has to do with tough social issues—the persecuted Church, illegal immigration, families with […]
And Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me,
that I will speak” (1 Kings 22:14, NKJV).
Because so much of what I write has to do with tough social issues—the persecuted Church, illegal immigration, families with incarcerated loved ones, human trafficking, homelessness—I am often asked, “Why do you write about such dark […]
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God,
a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth
(2 Timothy 2:15, NKJV).
From the very day I first became a believer, I had a voracious appetite for the Word of God. I read it every chance I got, and to be honest, I […]
But Naboth said to Ahab,
“The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
(1 Kings 21:3, NKJV).
Ahab was an evil king—and a greedy one. He had plenty of land and vineyards, but one day he decided he wanted the vineyard that belonged to a neighbor named Naboth. In fairness, he didn’t […]
“But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty” (Matthew 13:23, NKJV).
My grandmother, whom we affectionately called “Omi,” grew up in the Old Country—Germany, to be exact. She was orphaned at the age […]
“Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…. But as for me
and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15, NKJV).
Life is about choices, whether on a grand scale—whom to marry, how to vote for your country’s leaders, what profession to pursue—or seemingly insignificant ones—what to have for breakfast, what to wear today, […]
Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people,
that I may discern between good and evil (1 Kings 3:9, NKJV).
When King David died and left the kingdom to his son Solomon, God gave Solomon the option to make one request—no restrictions—and God would answer. Exhibiting an already wise and humble spirit, the […]
A man’s steps are of the Lord;
How then can a man understand his own way?
(Proverbs 20:24, NKJV).
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve proclaimed the scriptural truth that God is the One who orders my steps, or how many times I’ve prayed and handed over a situation to God, confident that He […]