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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...

April 2025

April 17, 2025

God Makes Much of Little Things

God isn’t just in life’s monumental things. He’s present in the little things: rain drops,...

August 2023

August 28, 2023

Tell Yourself These Biblical Truths about Suffering

In my book If God Is God, I write about how telling ourselves these truths that God...

September 2022

September 22, 2022

“I Am Now So Excited about Heaven”: Some Encouraging Letters from Readers

In the last six months, perhaps partly because of Nanci’s cancer battle and homegoing, our...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

The Closure of Lovejoy, a Portland Abortion Clinic, Is a Foretaste of When God Removes All Injustice and Evil

I recorded a video for a local prolife gathering commentating on the closure of Lovejoy Surgicenter, a...

March 2021

March 15, 2021

Encouragement for Those Who Feel They Have Lost Hope

2020 was a rough year for many of us, and rougher still for the poor...

February 2021

February 11, 2021

Who Are You Roped to for the Climb of Life?

This is Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal, the first...

November 2020

November 12, 2020

Letter to a Dying Believer

I recently wrote this to a dying friend, but I’m replacing her name with “dying...

November 05, 2020

Our Sovereign King Is Always on His Throne

Whether you are encouraged or distressed by the results (thus far) of the 2020 election,...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Encouragement for Parents of Adult Children Who Aren’t Following Christ

Over the years, I’ve talked to many parents who experience guilt over the struggles of...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

Is It Wrong to Be Motivated to Obey God Because We Know He Will Reward Us?

Jesus said in John 5:44, “How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet...

October 2019

October 07, 2019

Waiting on God and Acknowledging His Goodness in Tough Times

It’s been a long time since I’ve mentioned my wife Nanci’s health issues, and her...

September 2019

September 26, 2019

Five Ways God Can Use Your Stress for Great Good

A while back I shared some things I’ve written about how God uses stress in...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

The Lord Is My Rock, My Fortress, and My Deliverer: Portions from Psalm 18

Here are portions of Psalm 18 that I meditated on recently before Nanci and I met...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

Heavenly Encouragement in the Race of Life

Life in this world—the way it is now and the way we are now—can be difficult, can’t...

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