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October 2026

October 05, 2026

What Unique Platform Has God Given You to Glorify Him?

If you are working a “secular” job, you are not second class in God’s Kingdom....

October 01, 2026

God Measures Success as Faithfulness

Is it wrong to want to be successful? Not necessarily. Success can be good, if...

September 2026

September 24, 2026

Why Tell the Truth?

Honored historians plagiarize. Politicians invent war records. Coaches embellish résumés. Employees call in sick when...

September 07, 2026

Is Good Stewardship Compatible with Taking Vacations?

By God’s grace, Nanci and I found we could give away my book royalties and...

August 2026

August 24, 2026

How to Live Simply and Give Generously

“Live simply that others may simply live.” This well-known phrase challenges us to evaluate how we...

August 06, 2026

Will You Choose to Trust God with Your Life Today?

In her book Choosing Gratitude, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth shares a pledge written by a Bible teacher...

July 2026

July 23, 2026

Experiencing Your Identity in Christ

Just because God has made us righteous and guiltless in Christ doesn’t mean we automatically...

July 13, 2026

AI, Ghostwriting, and the Ethics of Book Writing

In my last blog, I shared some resources to help us evaluate whether we’re using...

June 2026

June 29, 2026

One Day, God Will Wipe away His People’s Tears

The movie Slumdog Millionaire, despite the controversies surrounding it, won eight 2009 Academy Awards and...

June 25, 2026

Self-Obsession Is a Formula for Unhappiness

On the first day of a vacation, I received a phone call that marked the...

June 15, 2026

How Can We Sense God’s Leading in Our Lives?

A reader sent me this question: I really want to follow Christ but at times...

June 04, 2026

Will We Trust in God’s Character and His Care for Us?

My wife Nanci kept a journal during the four years she battled cancer. Most of...

June 01, 2026

Because of Jesus, Our Best Years Are Always Ahead of Us

Recently, a friend turned 40, and I was reflecting on that season of my own...

May 2026

May 21, 2026

The Heavens Move Our Hearts to Worship the Creator

Like many people, I enjoyed hearing updates about NASA’s Artemis II, which recently completed a...

May 18, 2026

Christ Is Our Model for Prayer and Submitting to God’s Will

During her four-year cancer battle, Nanci and I prayed together every night, asking God to...

May 11, 2026

One Day Everything Is Going to Be OK

It’s been almost three years since author Tim Keller entered the presence of His Lord...

May 07, 2026

Resurrection Worked in Reverse to Make Good Friday Good

Today is “Good Friday,” commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus: “Carrying his own cross, he went...

April 2026

April 16, 2026

What Does It Mean to Have God as Our Heavenly Father?

I grew up with a dad who slept at home, but generally wasn’t there for...

April 13, 2026

Are We Willing to Be Hated for Speaking the Gospel Truth?

Years ago, when prolife speaker Gianna Jessen shared at our church, she said many memorable...

April 06, 2026

Why We Can Be Grateful for the Wait

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is...

January 2026

January 19, 2026

God Promises a Harvest, If You Don’t Give Up

I have the greatest love and appreciation for Brett and Alex Harris, who back when...

January 05, 2026

Entering the Holiday Season with Both Grief and Thanksgiving

The holiday season is challenging, here in my fourth year without Nanci: first there’s Thanksgiving...

January 01, 2026

Planning for the Gospel to Be Shared at Your Memorial

A reader left this comment on my Facebook: I have left instructions with my executor...

December 2025

December 04, 2025

God’s Promise of Strength for Our Weakness

God says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in...

November 2025

November 17, 2025

Five Truths about Image vs. Character

The more famous someone becomes, the harder it is to cultivate and retain virtue....

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...

October 2025

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 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...

August 2025

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...

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