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November 2025

November 10, 2025

How Do We Develop a True Love for Christ?

Spurgeon wrote in his classic Morning and Evening devotional: Many can only say of Jesus...

November 06, 2025

Finding Yourself Is Not the Solution to Life’s Problems

“Find yourself” is common advice. But in the end, people who follow it find only...

November 03, 2025

Remembering My Friend John Kohlenberger

I’m reposting this blog in honor of the 10-year anniversary of my friend John’s homegoing....

October 2025

October 30, 2025

Heaven, a Death-Row Prisoner, and the Wonder of God’s Grace

Years ago in the Midwest, a woman was looking for a way to reach out....

October 27, 2025

For Those Who Love Jesus, Death Is a Temporary Separation

While my book Heaven centers on the New Earth, the eternal Heaven, we often receive questions about what...

October 23, 2025

The Gift of Discernment Displays the Fruit of the Spirit

I read comments from someone who thought they had the gift of discernment and lamented...

October 20, 2025

God’s Limits Are a Sign of His Power

In this YouTube short video, Sean McDowell explains that God’s limits are a sign...

October 16, 2025

Are You Weary in Life’s Race?

Life in this world—the way it is now and the way we are now—can be...

October 13, 2025

Fearing God Drives Away Other Fears

Writing on Psalm 23:4 (“I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your...

October 09, 2025

That Time J. I. Packer Read from the Heaven Book

Almost five years ago, J. I. Packer, one of my favorite writers and favorite people,...

October 06, 2025

These Seven Biblical Truths Can Bring You Great Happiness

In my last blog, I shared six false expectations that can diminish our happiness. So what truths...

October 02, 2025

Are These False Expectations Diminishing Your Happiness?

Most people intuitively know that our expectations profoundly affect our life experiences. Yet even as...

September 2025

September 29, 2025

Will Our Spouse Still Be Important to Us in Heaven?

One of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked about Heaven is about the nature...

September 25, 2025

Animals on the New Earth

In a Q&A I did on the subject of rewards, the audience asked several great...

September 22, 2025

What You Do for the Glory of Jesus Will Last Forever

I shared in my last blog that I had a wonderful time attending the Kingdom...

September 18, 2025

Ron Blue and I Share about Generosity

In February, I attended the Kingdom Advisors annual conference, which gathered 2,500 Christian financial professionals...

September 15, 2025

God Is Doing Far More Miracles Than We Realize

When God drew me to faith in Christ, as a 15-year-old, my life changed radically....

September 11, 2025

How Can We Avoid “Believing” the Bible While Denying it?

Psalm 1 reminds us just how important delighting and meditating on God’s Word is. Here’s...

September 08, 2025

The Best Part of the New Earth, Enjoying God’s Presence

The 1998 movie What Dreams May Come portrays Heaven as beautiful but lonely, because a...

September 04, 2025

The Happiness of Knowing Christ Accomplished My Redemption

If my redemption depended on me, I would be constantly anxious, worried, and distraught. I...

September 01, 2025

Why Thinking Accurately about the Future Heaven Is Vital

Jonathan Edwards, the great Puritan preacher, often spoke of Heaven. He said, “It becomes us...

August 2025

August 28, 2025

Biblically Responsible Investing

Investing doesn’t simply bring profits to the investor (sometimes it doesn’t even do that). It...

August 25, 2025

Find Your Identity in God, Not Your Suffering

We live in a time when we are defined as disabled, bipolar, alcoholic, ADHD, victims...

August 21, 2025

Our Unforgettable Family Gathering before Nanci’s Death

In March 2022, after four-plus years battling colon cancer, and praying for healing daily, Nanci...

August 18, 2025

The Love and Trust of a Horse, and John Wesley’s Horses

In Creatures Like Us, Lynne Sharpe explores the awareness and sensitivity of horses to their...

August 14, 2025

Charles Spurgeon’s Surprising Thoughts on Aliens

This may be to many readers one of the most surprising blogs I’ve ever written....

August 11, 2025

The Showdown Moment in Western Civilization

I have the greatest admiration for Os Guinness, a brilliant author and social critic who’s...

August 07, 2025

Why Should We Care About Eternal Rewards?

I think the doctrine of eternal rewards is critically important, yet greatly misunderstood. Scripture is...

August 04, 2025

Trusting God’s Plan Through Cancer Treatments

A reader asked me this thoughtful question: I was recently diagnosed with cancer. I am...

July 2025

July 31, 2025

Why Does Satan Continue to Oppose God?

A reader wrote me this insightful message: If Satan is familiar with the Bible, and...

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