Throughout high school and college I worked at a hardware store. It was a great job, but like any job, it was not without its frustrations. The store I was in during college was used as a training store for new managers. These manager trainees would work at our store for a couple of months to learn the ropes...

I am a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). While I don’t read the comic books from which the movies come, I have seen all of the movies at least twice and just recently binged them all in chronological order. (Yes, I am a fan of chronology for more than just the Bible’s one big story.) One of...

The key to being a disciple of Jesus is not just in what we know about Him. That is critically important, of course, but discipleship is much more than that. To be a disciple is to be a person who follows Jesus with every fiber of your being—with your mind, for sure, but also with your heart full of...

The world will go to great lengths to dismiss Jesus. Even during Jesus’ earthly ministry, people went to absurd lengths to avoid acknowledging that Jesus is indeed the Son of God. At one point, some people accused Jesus of casting out demons by Satan’s power—pure nonsense, which Jesus pointed out. At other times, people looked right past Jesus’ clear...

Sometimes the simplest of sentences are the most complex. “It is finished.” In English, just three words—twelve letters—uttered by Jesus and recorded in John 19:30. But how powerful, and how beautiful, this three-word sentence is. It The mission Jesus had come to fulfill. Everything that Jesus had done to this point mattered, of course. His miracles affirmed His identity...

I have felt the sting of betrayal, and unfortunately, I am sure you have as well. What makes betrayal so difficult is that its power is in direct proportion to the relationship you have with the one who has betrayed you. If the relationship was marginal, betrayal can be more of an annoyance or frustration. But if the person...