“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many [...]
The answer is emphatically, yes! God’s word tells us that our path as Christians will be filled with trials, sorrows, and valleys, but the Bible also denotes that believers will experience great victories, delights, and peaks along their journey. According to John Piper, William Cowper’s life is a clear example of a Christian who suffered [...]
A little over a year ago, I was in pretty bad shape. I had been through several “Prodigal Years,” as one of our wise Elders describes the times when we, like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), take the abundance that our Father has given us and walk away from Him, squandering His gifts all the [...]
The thing about writing about personality is that it is, well, personal. That poses several challenges, one of which needs to be sorted out at the start. It has to do with ways personal writing can be misinterpreted. For example, if I seem to brag, I most definitely do not. I am, as are we [...]
My heart. My passion. Let me see.... Family? Of course. Hungry kids? Yes! Most definitely. Oh. And fishing. Now you’re talking. I am passionate about fishing. Not the kind of fishing around here in Middle Tennessee, where you pick up a cup of night crawlers from WalMart, drop a line in the pond and hope [...]