We are redeemed and secured in Christ Jesus. We are so secure in Christ that we can live, and love, and engage society without thought about our foundational acceptance, love, confidence, and security.

Merry Christmas is yours. Christ is come. God is incarnate. You cannot be forsaken by Him. Or, you can watch for your $600 of governmental relief in the mailbox and pledge to treasure it when it arrives.

After my soul has been yanked and yawed for 17 or 18 hours between my noble spirit and my snake-bit body, I sit down on the patio to think a thousand thoughts, while my emotions carrom against my soul’s bumpers, and my self-determination attempts to make a decision regarding life’s demands.

That God is passionate, persists, and pursues is what He does—and has done since He created mankind.

Rowing is a two-step process: First, you line up your destination, the boat, and a point behind you. Second, while keeping your eyes fixed on the point behind you, you pull evenly on both oars.

“My vote—our vote—doesn’t matter. That’s why we’re praying. Besides, there’s nobody Christian running for office.”

You are not safe from trial, tribulation, or tumult. Neither are you safe within the love of God.

Take-charge types speak categorically. Maybe they’re right—which one is right is the trick.

Be shrewd like a serpent: prudent, wise, measured, careful… and if you must, be treacherous.

Contempt is not sustainable. It never was nor will it ever be. Yet, we persist in drinking its poison.

As Believers, disengaging is not what we do. Stridency is unbecoming.

Our destiny with death does not leave us hopeless—at least, it shouldn’t. Our appointment with death should make us pragmatists.