Jesus chose children, with no status and no power, as the standard for greatness in his Kingdom. It’s a concept foreign to our culture today, just as it was then.

Sometimes we need to more carefully discern between God’s will and personal preference. God’s people have been failing at this for centuries.

While God invites us into participating in his Kingdom mission, our actions will not stop God’s plans or success. Our response, even if we arrogantly refuse or think we have a better plan, will never stop the advancement of God’s Kingdom.

Two journeys. Two remarkably different settings. But the simplest of the two was where I felt closest to God.

Heart issues have to do with the value of life, fidelity in marriage, murder, lying, and slander. Forgetting to wash your hands properly or keeping appearances are not the top priority. This may offend Pharisees, but Jesus isn’t worried about these things.

Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with meetings and decisions, I realize I must do one thing to escape the trap of the urgent.

Jesus shows the perfect balance between the Law and compassion. Sometimes the most religious fail to follow his example.

Jesus has in mind a burden for us to put on our shoulders. But this is not a problem, because it’s exactly the right fit.

The Scrabble fanatic and British actor Gyles Brandreth has estimated that we speak 860,351,500 words in a lifetime. I have no idea how Mr. Brandreth got to his conclusion or if he’s right, but it got me thinking about all the words and ideas we hear just in a day. We forget most of them, so how do we choose what we’ll try remember?

Elisha’s servants had the same question as Jesus’ disciples. God’s provision in their predicament can encourage us when their question is ours, too.

Of all the Bible heroes, Jehoshaphat helped me most during the pandemic with a plan I tried to follow and demonstrate.

It happens almost every day. Someone deserves the recognition that I deserved, too. But the teaching of Scripture shows what we should seek before honor.

With unsure footing, they were—and sometimes we are—caught in the space of both/and.

It’s a simple message, really, but if “revolution” means “change,” it’s truly the most revolutionary message of all.

If you’ve had some success, you. may start believing you did it yourself. You may start forgetting how much you need God daily.

After thinking about the psalmist’s outcry to God, I decided I, like him, have a troubling tendency to tell God how to do his work.

Most of the time I can ignore criticism, but the enemy knows when I’m tired, I’m vulnerable to the negativity. But I don’t have to give in to it!

When I find myself stuck between my problems and my weaknesses, I do well to imitate King Asa.

We need God at every age, through every stage of our life. But our biggest challenge may be to help the next generation discover that, too.

The more people involved, the greater the chance of forgetting the original mission. Maybe this is why Paul made such a big deal of the mission when he wrote the Corinthians.