Someone has well said, “There is no such thing as a Christian Scrooge.” We may occasionally identify someone who claims to be a Christian and is a Scrooge. But when Christ transforms lives, the Spirit motivates us to give generously. The gospel opens our hearts and hands, our mouths and...

We are marked by the people we consider important to our lives. In fact, most of us hear “voices” in our heads. Everyone plays some type of recording from earlier days. Those memories are usually from a person influential in your life. The thoughts can be positive. The thoughts can...

An active prayer life keeps us from being practical deists. An active prayer life is a deeply-held belief that the living God of the universe is involved in our daily affairs. Not only that He is involved, but that He cares about us. God’s Word reveals to us that God...

Anticipation is an often-overlooked aspect of personal faith in Jesus.  Anticipation is that excitement that bubbles within you when you are a child. The Christmas holidays were always a season to which I looked forward while growing up.  There were the obvious reasons for joy in the Christmas holidays: taking...

Amazed by the number of wind farms we saw on our trip to the mountains, I began to study them. Fairly soon, I was reflecting on some spiritual parallels between the wind turbine and me. I know—a bit odd—but what can I say? We spent long hours in the car!...