Near the end of the sixth day of the creation story we read, “Then God said, Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness” (Gen. 1:26)....
Far too often Christians think, as Dr. Richard Pratt writes in Designed for Dignity, Jesus came to forgive our sin, make our souls sparkle, to sprinkle us with...
The Bible is full of counterintuitive direction from God. Abraham was asked to sacrifice his only son. Gideon was asked to reduce his army from 32,000 to 300...
“Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” —Prov. 11:14 In a recent blog post, I mentioned one of...
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. —Psalm 119:105 (KJV) Motivational speaker Charles “Tremendous” Jones once quipped, You will be the...
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. — Isaiah 1:17 According to a...
I’m often asked for concrete illustrations of biblical flourishing. One of my favorites is found in Numbers 6:24-26: The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make...
One of our great leadership challenges is to always be presenting God and his work to the people in our sphere of influence. There is a sad, sobering...
A few months ago, I reflected on a pattern I discovered in Scripture: the presence of God is often connected to the work of his people. I call...
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