Think of the twelve disciples.  Twelve very distinct personalities, from twelve very different backgrounds, and with twelve very different ideologies.  Yet all were chosen by Jesus Himself.  All had quite significant roles to play in God’s plan.  A tax collector, a few fishermen, and even a doctor among them, the twelve lived, ...

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. Proverbs 13:24 (ESV) Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul ...

In Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables, peasant Jean Valjean served 19 years imprisonment due to stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family. Upon release, angry and bitter, he had no home and slept on the streets. A Catholic Bishop gave him shelter one night but Valjean ran off ...

The title above may sound like a television series or a rap song, but it’s referring to neither. It’s meant to be taken literally. It is what it is; bad bosses… are an unpleasant fact. They are like annoying little flies that you want to desperately smack, but if you ...

Which Party does God Support?   These days it seems our nation (and many Christians) is more polarized than ever. So, one may wonder, whose side is God on, anyway? Democrats claim to be for the little people, the poor, and the disenfranchised. They like to spend lots of taxpayer dollars ...

  Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified of them, for the Lord your God goes with you, He will never leave or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 God tells us in the Bible more than 100 times, “Do not be afraid.” Yet, there are times we are ...

I bet you have heard that phrase more than once!  In the conversations that I have listened to, it seems someone is trying to cut themselves some slack for walking that fine line between right and wrong.  “Well,” they say,  “I have believed in Jesus for a really long time ...

Arriving by boat, the gentlemen stepped onto the shore and encountered a not so warm welcome. “What do you want with us…Have you come here to torture us? Taking a step forward as the others took a slight step back, the righteous man replied, “Go!”, and the demons fled. (Specifically ...

‘You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.’  Psalm 91: 13 (NIV) Washington, D.C., Ramallah, Baghdad, Moscow…these capital cities are among the most well-known in the world.  And they are also the centers of violence, greed, corruption, and evil.  I see them as ...

The Guilt Trap By Joel B. Have you ever had a time in your life where you have felt too guilty to stop and pray to the Creator of the universe? I have! In fact, I spent years of my life in sin, using this very sin as an excuse ...