Has anyone ever asked you if you were hungry? Chances are, they asked not purely because they cared about your well-being, but because they were hungry too. There’s nothing wrong with this, of course—it’s not like we should take offense to such a question—but the point is that motivations can be more complicated than meets the eye. That’s important...

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret. He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he...

I haven’t had a good relationship with riding lawnmowers. One of the times when we lived in Florida, I had an old riding mower that I used on my acre+ property. But it seems like every single time I went out to mow, there would be something wrong with it such as a flat tire or it wouldn’t start....

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” And...

They say that the best baseball umpire in the one who goes unnoticed. I am a terrible umpire. Years ago, I was part of a baseball ministry called Athletes in Action. We would take college baseball players on mission trips over the summer to play ball and share the gospel. Each summer began with a brief training camp where...

Temptations can feel heavy and overbearing, as if we have no way of escape. But that’s just a part of the trap. It’s never true. Anytime you are faced with temptation, there is a way out. Every single time. God promised, and He has never made a promise He did not keep. He will always give us a way...