My children are the fairness police in our home–and most violations have to do with snacks. Here’s how it plays out. One child comes to me and asks for an apple or a string cheese or a cookie, and if they get it, what do they do? Immediately, they go into the other room andContinue reading “God Is Fair”
Category Archives: Belief
Consider.
Consider God. Consider that God is the Lord of the universe. Consider that as Lord He owes no one anything–certainly not us. Consider moreover that we were enemies of God. Consider that hostility toward God festered in our minds daily. Consider that every day we actually invented new ways to disobey Him, in effect givingContinue reading “Consider.”
Hunger: The Necessary Ingredient for True Joy
Hunger is an essential part of enjoying food. If you’ve ever been on a backpacking trip, you know how delicious those boil-in-bag meals taste at the end of a long day’s trek. Lowering your pack, untying the boots, airing out the socks, starting a campfire, and pouring ash-laden scalding water into that foil pouch, itContinue reading “Hunger: The Necessary Ingredient for True Joy”
Can I Mess Up God’s Plan for My Life?
What if I pursue the wrong job or go to the wrong college? What if I move when I was supposed to stay? What if I join the wrong church or marry the wrong person? What if I accidentally alter God’s whole plan for my life? I think many of us imagine the Christian lifeContinue reading “Can I Mess Up God’s Plan for My Life?”
“How Do I Love God More?” by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Joyful Cog at Desiring God
This week, my latest article “A Joyful Cog in His Giant Plan” came out at Desiring God. Here’s the intro: We are our own paparazzi. We’re constantly snapping pictures — posting what we made for lunch and chronicling our lives one selfie at a time. In a world where everyone else’s life is “the best ever!”Continue reading “Joyful Cog at Desiring God”
What Does the Bible Say About Suicide?
In our social media society everyone else’s grass is greener, pics are prettier, and life is more interesting than ours. We feel the constant pressure to perform before an ever watching online audience, and it can be overwhelming. On top of that, we have pressures in our marriages, difficulties at work, failures, diseases, suffering, andContinue reading “What Does the Bible Say About Suicide?”