“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15) Many of you know that I work in a political arena so I am used to the name-calling that is often associated with my profession. As a Christian, particularly an evangelical Christian, I have also been subjected to a lot of labels over the years – fanatic, bible-toting believer, zealot, religious right, homophobe – the list is growing. This is familiar territory […]

“O wretched man that I am!” (Romans 7:24) I’ve learned the hard way that one of the chapters I need to read more frequently in the Bible is Romans 7 where the Apostle Paul declares that he is as wretched as they come. It’s a brutally honest declaration. Interestingly, he wrote it years after his Damascus Road salvation experience with Jesus! I don’t think many of us see ourselves the way the Apostle Paul saw himself when he wrote this letter to the Church at Rome. The truth […]

“So when he had washed their feet, taken his garments, and sat down again, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you’.” (John 13:12-15) The Gospel of John was the last Gospel written. […]

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” (Matthew 24:36) My wife is convinced that many of the biblical signs are in place for Jesus to return. In fact, she believes that Jesus will come before the end of her days. I can remember joking with her about it over years, particularly when I was a newly saved Christian. I didn’t want Jesus to return. I had too much “livin” left to do, too many things on […]