Some people believe the Old Testament law of “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” (Exod. 21:24) permits personal revenge. But that’s not what it refers to. It was actually saying that the severity of legal punishment should not exceed the severity of an offense. In other words, if someone put...

As much as I wish my testimony could be defeat followed by salvation followed by complete victory, it is not. My testimony actually goes something like this: Salvation, confusion, misery, defeat, success, more defeat, unmitigated failure, then victory! (repeat) In essence, my testimony is that there is life after failure—abundant,...

When God speaks and we recognize the voice as his voice, we do so because our familiarity with that voice enables us to recognize it. We do not recognize it because we are good at playing guessing games. One indicator that will help us identify that voice as God’s voice...

If we are spiritually shallow or bored, we will be unreliable and unadventurous in our lives of devotion to Christ. Small doses of revelation lead to tiny lives for God. Anyone who ever lived a big life for Jesus journeyed with a great big view of who He is. The...

Some people become very concerned when, after renouncing their sin and walking in the victory Jesus brings, they find that they still feel vulnerable to the sins that formerly had power over them. I think of this like the dry riverbeds I come across in the bush. A rutted riverbed...

The love of Jesus plays out in vulnerability, humility, and obedience at the cross. But it is not a passive love. At Calvary, Jesus runs headlong into the fray, engaging intensely with all that stands in His path. Words like grace and mercy can sound so warm and carefree in...

We have such a short time to prepare for such a long time. By that I mean we have now to prepare for then. We have an hour to prepare for eternity. To fail to prepare is an act of moral folly. For anyone to have a day given to...

The Bible doesn’t offer a sanitized version of life or our reactions to it. Dark, shocking, and painful stories abound. Scripture shows us people who think, act, plan, decide, and speak just like we do. If the Bible left out these real-life stories of murder, rape, famine, disease, judgment, depression,...

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and me majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. —1 Chronicles 29:11 Christianity today...

In order to be in union with God, we must understand what his love means to us personally. The truths of Scripture are meant to be lived. In order to be lived, truth must first be planted deep into our hearts. First Corinthians 13 is often known as the “love...