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September 2025

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...

July 2025

July 28, 2025

10 Verses That Have Shaped Me

I grew up in an unbelieving home, but at age 15 I came to faith...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Consider Reading the Bible Chronologically This Year

Countless Christians believe that Bible reading is their duty—something holy people do. What many don’t understand is...

July 2024

July 25, 2024

Are the Ancient Biblical Manuscripts We Have Reliable?

There are vast numbers of biblical manuscript copies (non-originals) in existence today. Not surprisingly, given...

March 2024

March 11, 2024

What Secular Happiness Studies Have In Common With the Bible

The former chapel dean at Duke University tells about a recruiter coming from Teach For...

November 2023

November 02, 2023

God’s Word Sustains Us When Life Is Hard

Psalm 119:107 says, “I have suffered much; preserve my life, O Yahweh, according to your...

October 2023

October 26, 2023

Are You Experiencing Bible Poverty?

One of our staff sent me this video about “If Your Bible Was Your Cell Phone…”...

October 05, 2023

Studying God’s Word Will Change Your Life

It’s a great mystery that the Bible is an increasingly neglected book. Some who check...

September 2023

September 18, 2023

Quality Resources to Teach the Bible to Children

A friend asked me for some recommendations for resources on teaching the Bible to children....

July 2023

July 14, 2023

Is There a Danger of Worshipping the Bible Instead of God?

Perhaps you’ve heard someone say something like, “My faith is in God, not the Bible”...

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...

November 2022

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...

October 2022

October 29, 2022

The Doctrinal Crisis in American Evangelical Churches: What Can We Do?

Most readers have likely heard about individuals having a crisis of faith. We’ve learned terms...

October 22, 2022

How Can Reading God’s Word Promote Lasting Happiness?

“How sweet Your word is to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth.” (Psalm 119:103,...

September 2022

September 05, 2022

Is It Possible to Be Hyperimaginative in Thinking about Heaven?

A reader recently asked me, “What do you mean by ‘hyperimaginative’ in this sentence in Heaven: ‘Discussions...

August 2022

August 25, 2022

The Bible Is the Story of God’s Generosity: Will We Be Part of That Story?

Sometimes we take for granted God’s many wonders, such as the beauty of a hummingbird,...

February 2022

February 17, 2022

What Happens When a Believer Dies?

A reader recently wrote us to ask, “In your book you state that when a...

November 2021

November 01, 2021

Start Your Day with Listening to God

Augustine said, “By hearing Thee I am happy; because of Thy voice I am happy.”...

October 2021

October 04, 2021

Clinging to Scripture Sustains Us Through Suffering

In times of crisis we try to make sense of life. We crave perspective for...

August 2021

August 30, 2021

We Don’t Define What Love Is in Scripture—God Does

If we asked people to vote on a divine character quality they most appreciate, God’s...

July 2021

July 26, 2021

What Is the Value of Studying Systematic Theology?

A reader asked me, “What is the value of systematic theology? Isn’t there a risk...

April 2021

April 19, 2021

Does Scripture Say Baptism Is Necessary to Be Saved?

Someone asked me if I could address the relationship between salvation and baptism in Scripture,...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

Let Go of Lies About Heaven: Eight Myths Many Believe

Big books full of Scripture, theology, and quotations from people long dead don’t normally sell...

March 11, 2021

Common Christian Myths About Happiness

Puritan preacher Thomas Brooks said, “God is the author of all true happiness; he is...

March 01, 2021

Thoughts on Flipping the Bible Open and Reading Wherever You Land (and Recommended Study Resources)

I don’t normally do the “flip the Bible open and put my finger down” method...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Our Need for Sound Teaching About Jesus

It was a labor of love finding and arranging some of the most powerful and...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

Our Lives Are Part of the Greatest Redemptive Story Ever Told, Authored by God

Though I write mostly nonfiction, I’ve written nine works of fiction, seven of them full-length...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

In Challenging Times, Seek Your Satisfaction in God and His Word

Flight crews routinely announce, “If you’re traveling with a child or someone who requires assistance,...

November 2019

November 04, 2019

Modern Research about Happiness Repeatedly Parallels Biblical Principles

In the late 1990s, Martin Seligman, the president of the American Psychological Association, noted psychology’s...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

God’s Sovereignty and Human Choice: The Examples of Paul, Elisha, and Daniel

While I doubt anyone this side of Heaven will ever manage to fully “explain” how...

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