Once the question leads to action, the activity will grow. What will prompt your upcoming work? What will prompt someone to join you?

Nehemiah experienced what you will discover: When God calls you to restore and rebuild, you can be confident at least two things will happen.

God prompts, often where we don’t expect, sometimes before we even realize we need his help. Are you hoping to feel his nudge?

We have something in common with Nehemiah. Faced with falling walls, he found God’s strength to get busy rebuilding. Will we?

It’s the equivalent of “hello,” but maybe this year we can make it mean more.

We teach the next generation to praise God by the way we praise him in both the good and the bad days of our lives. How did that happen in 2021? How will it happen next year?

We celebrated his arrival, and Scripture tells us how to experience him with us every day. In it all, we can know that eternity has already begun.

What’s different after Christmas than before? Not much. And that’s exactly the point!

Did you miss God at Christmas? Relax, there’s still time, and he’s still right beside you, waiting.

Advent is not simply waiting to celebrate Christ’s birth. It is about anticipating his final return.

“You better watch out, you better not cry.” “Oh, be careful little eyes what you see.” Hmmm . . . do these songs teach us the right message?

“O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.” The apostle tells us how God will answer the prayer of Phillips Brooks.

I was wrestling with the deep message in two New Testament passages, when a text from my grandson showed me the simple reality.

I suspect every one of you is in possession of this gift, so my gift is simply a reminder of what you already have. I want us all to take full advantage of this amazing reality!

Most workers I’ve known with Peter’s tendency toward compulsive behavior changed very little over time. But Peter’s little letter shows us what commitment and the power of the Holy Spirit can do.

How do you respond when the end is near? Peter told his readers to get ready for the end, and then he showed them how.

If we want to show the world that a Savior has been born in us, then we will need to do things differently. The same ol’, same ol’ won’t bring joy to the world.

Today’s verse is likely not one of your favorites, and you certainly don’t bring it quickly to mind at Christmastime. But it gives us hope as we wait for a second return, even as we celebrate the first coming of Jesus.

Actually, all of us are royal. The Bible says so, this post explains why, and suggests what we should do about it.

There is one who is always there when we call. Psalm 138: 3 expressed it this way: “On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.”