Few of us have experienced a Hollywood-type rescue, such as being hostages in a bank robbery to be rescued by a SWAT team or stuck on a deserted island with some shipping packages to be rescued by a passing ship. But we have all been rescued in some way or another, such as being stranded on the side of...

I have a confession. Every once in a while I will go online to try to determine the sales rankings of Gospel-Centered Kids Ministry, Cornerstones, and Cornerstones: Parent Guide. (Which, by the way, you can purchase here, here, and here.) I wrote those books to serve the church, and that is one way to see if they are being...

I recently listened to Lynn Olson’s audiobook, Last Hope Island. Olson tells the fascinating story of how political leaders (and some military personnel as well) from all over Europe escaped to England during World War II to continue to fight the Nazis in exile. One story, though, stood out to me above the others. During one Allied mission, troops...

I have a riding lawn mower that has often given me problems in the past. I would go out to mow my lawn, sit down on the mower, turn the key, and nothing would happen. No revs, no clicks, nothing. Just silence.  I went through a couple of mowing seasons when I was perplexed by this. I changed the...

Have you ever seen someone repeat someone else’s mistake? Perhaps you were sitting outside of a locked door and you saw a person try to open it only to see a second person who saw the first try the same thing. Or maybe you saw someone drive over an object in the road only to see the next car...

There are times when all you can do is shake your head and sigh, or perhaps drop your head into your hands and sob.  You read a news report of a heinous murder or unimaginable act of violence. You see a Tweet not only promoting, but celebrating aborting unborn babies. You read of, or perhaps experience, a ministry leader—yet...