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January 2023

January 16, 2023

Why Our Subjective Feelings Need God’s Objective Truth

The peace or lack of peace one feels after praying about a decision can be...

January 12, 2023

God’s Providence in Joseph’s Story—and Ours

“Providence” is a word we use frequently in talking about God, but we may not...

January 11, 2023

The Best Is Still Yet to Be

Emmanuel Ndikumana was nineteen years old when he heard that a group of young men...

January 09, 2023

Will We Ask Forgiveness of Others in Heaven If We Weren’t Able to on the Present Earth?

Someone asked a great follow up question on Facebook, in response to my blog Will We Have...

January 08, 2023

For Your Sake Christ Became Poor

In a sermon given on December 24, 1854, titled “A Visit to Bethlehem,” Charles Spurgeon portrayed a...

January 05, 2023

What Does Scripture Mean by the Term New Heavens?

A reader asked, “What does the Bible mean by the term new heavens? And why is...

January 04, 2023

Meet the Messiah Who Came to Serve

When Jesus washed the feet of His followers (John 13), they were amazed that a...

January 02, 2023

Praise and Gratitude, Even in Affliction

To the arrogant I say, “Boast no more,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift...

January 01, 2023

Kirk Cousins, Focus on the Family, and How God Uses Opposition to Spread the Truth

Kirk Cousins, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and former QB of the Washington Redskins, is a faithful...

December 2022

December 31, 2022

What Changed Scrooge?

When the classic Dickens story A Christmas Carol begins, we meet Ebenezer Scrooge. This wealthy miser is...

December 29, 2022

The Best Part of Christmas Is Immanuel, “God with Us”

In the Old Testament, we read how God kept reaching down to His people: “The...

December 28, 2022

A 7-Year-Old Reader’s Letter Reminds Us of the Heart of Giving and Making Eternal Investments in Others’ Lives

Recently our ministry got a letter in the mail from a 7-year-old reader. She wrote,...

December 26, 2022

Can Focusing on Heaven Become an Idol?

If our perspective shifts from Christ, we can idolize anything—including our own incorrect views of...

December 25, 2022

The Inn Had No Room; Does Your Heart?

“Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and...

December 24, 2022

What Child Is This?

The angels must have been stunned to see the second member of the triune God...

December 22, 2022

Gratitude Coupled with Humble Service Multiples Happiness

Dennis Prager writes, “We tend to think that it is being unhappy that leads people...

December 20, 2022

Whose Life Have You Touched—and Who Has Touched Your Life—That You Won’t Discover Until Eternity?

One of our EPM staff was going through the junk folder for messages sent to my...

December 19, 2022

A Season of Many Firsts without Nanci by My Side

This is a year of “firsts,” that is, the first of many things without Nanci...

December 15, 2022

Rejoicing Is Rooted in Our God, Not Our Circumstances

Rejoicing always in the Lord (see Philippians 4:4) may seem unrealistic at times. But we...

December 12, 2022

Faithfulness to God Is Success

This is a wonderful video from Generous Giving. I love the warmth and family element to it, and...

December 08, 2022

An Eternal Perspective on Suffering, Loss, and Grief

Last month I spoke at the services of my home church, Good Shepherd Community Church....

December 05, 2022

Will We Have Regrets at the Judgment Seat of Christ?

When Kirk Cousins, starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, interviewed me, one of the great questions he...

December 03, 2022

Helping Give Children Access to Clean Water Is an Eternal Investment

Jesus, in Matthew 10:42, makes a startlingly significant promise about a seemingly small act of...

December 01, 2022

Let Us Live and Pray as One Baptized into the Threefold Name

I love The Valley of Vision, which is a collection of brief and profound Puritan prayers...

November 2022

November 28, 2022

Are People in Heaven Praying for Those on Earth?

(You can also listen to my thoughts related to this question.) The answer is possibly yes—at least...

November 24, 2022

Putting God First Enhances Everything Beneath Him

In Eyes Wide Open, Steve DeWitt says, “Christians who properly place God as the source and...

November 21, 2022

God Is as Just and Holy as He Is Loving

In order to understand God’s love in our current culture, it’s necessary to distinguish what...

November 17, 2022

How Can We Keep a Loose Grip on Possessions?

Back in 2019, I was asked to join Kirk Cousins (quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and...

November 14, 2022

Having Loved Ones in Heaven Makes Our Anticipation of Eternity Stronger Than Ever

Last month I had a conversation over Zoom with Steve Silver of Men’s Golf Fellowship. Steve is...

November 10, 2022

Do What It Takes to Have Time with God

Several years ago, when Nanci and I answered questions at the young moms’ gathering at...

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