The Bible: a manual for living

  Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash   Oh, for a dollar every time I’ve had this conversation with my wife. I can’t get it to work, honey. Have you read the manual? (You know the answer is, NO!) How about this one: Why doesn’t raising...

The Christ-followers’ life is one of expectation

Photo by Vitaliy Rigalovsky on Unsplash   I have walked with God my entire life, and in that time, I have noticed the call to live an expected life has been replaced with living a purposeful (in many variations) life.   While I do not dismiss living a life...

How do you read the Bible?

  Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash   This year (2025) began with a challenge (from God the Holy Spirit) to surrender. The challenge is deeper than surrendering my life to God, and it is a challenge many Christians may not be willing to make.   I am...

What the Bitter Uprising teaches us about surrender pt. 1

                                                                        Photo by Prananta-Haroun on Unsplash The New Testament book of Hebrews offers a powerful lesson about surrendering to God. It tells the story of the forty years of wilderness wandering of the...