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August 2026

August 31, 2026

Our Family’s Life-Changing Missions Trip

In 1988, I was on staff as a missions pastor at our church. Nanci and...

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 30, 2026

4 Right Responses to Times of Suffering

When suffering and evil come our way, they’ll exert a force that either pushes us...

June 2026

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...

April 2026

April 27, 2026

The Gospel Is All about Jesus

Tragically, many reject God because of the behavior of those who profess to be God-followers....

March 2026

March 09, 2026

We Can Trust God to Work for Our Eternal Good in All Things

One of the most arresting statements in Scripture is this one: “And we know that...

February 2026

February 02, 2026

How Can We Trust God through Trials We Don’t Understand?

I shared this article with a friend who was asking me how not to fear...

August 2025

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 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 21, 2025

Diabetes Is One of the Best Things That’s Happened to Me

In July 1985 I became an insulin-dependent diabetic, and my first book, Money Possessions, and...

August 2024

August 05, 2024

Have You Come to Know Jesus as Your Savior and Best Friend?

The battle for human souls pivots on the issue of Christ’s identity. He’s the watershed,...

April 2023

April 24, 2023

Does Having a Savings Account Mean I Don’t Trust God?

Someone sent me this question: I was asked a question about saving money. Can you...

April 03, 2023

Why the Year After Her Cancer Diagnosis Was the Best Year of Nanci’s Life

Tuesday March 28 marked a year since my wife Nanci relocated to Heaven. She finished...

March 2023

March 23, 2023

Is It God’s Will to Always Heal Us?

A writer friend was at an event many years ago when he witnessed the following:...

February 2023

February 23, 2023

How Can We Trust God through Trials We Don’t Understand?

“In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have...

January 2023

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 02, 2023

Praise and Gratitude, Even in Affliction

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

October 2022

October 17, 2022

God’s Unseen Intervention

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

My Daughter and I “Should Have Died”, But the God of Providence Had Other Plans

August 5th was the thirty-third anniversary of the day my 10-year-old daughter Karina and I,...

August 08, 2022

If We Fear God, We Can Trust His Provision

There are people who reason, If I give generously, I’ll have to worry about where the...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Expect Great Things of God, and Leave the Results to Him

In his article “Beware the Scarcity Gospel,” Andy Jones writes, Is it possible that some of...

June 06, 2022

What Faith Is, and Is Not

On November 14, 2019, Nanci wrote the following in her journal: Today I am thinking...

May 2022

May 16, 2022

Conflict with a Purpose

It may seem strange to say this—I usually don’t look for comfort from my own...

March 2022

March 28, 2022

Honest Faith

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the...

January 2022

January 26, 2022

What’s the Difference Between God’s Sovereignty and His Providence?

A reader recently asked a great question on my Facebook page: “Could you please define God’s...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

A Flood Swept Away His Wife and Children: The Story of Robert Rogers

In writing my book If God Is Good, I interviewed dozens of believers who have experienced...

February 2021

February 17, 2021

Evaluating Our Responses to the Ravi Zacharias Scandal

In my previous blog, “In the Wake of Ravi Zacharias’s Sexual Abuse of Women,” I quoted from the...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Jesus Is Worthy of Our Trust, Even When Things Seem Dark

“And they sang a new song: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to...

December 07, 2020

Encouragement for the Depressed from Charles Spurgeon

During this global pandemic, depression and suicidal thoughts are on the rise. That makes the...

November 2020

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,...

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