Caleb was one of the two faithful spies who returned from a 40-day reconnaissance mission into the promised land.  After the miserable and faithless report of the ten spies, the Lord condemned them and would not permit them to enter the promised land.  However, God was going to bring Caleb into the land, “because he has a different spirit in him” (Num.…

What does the typical family look like? According to a study by the Counsel of Contemporary Families from September 2014 called, “Family Diversity is the New Normal for America’s Children,” these are the facts.  At the end of the 1950s, if you chose 100 children under age 15 to represent all children, 65 would have been living in a family with married…

When Paul said that God “calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Rom. 4:17), he laid the foundation for all that is involved in hope. Hope enables us to see the invisible. The apostle also said, “Hope that is seen is no longer hope” (Rom. 8:24). We do not walk by sight, but by a faith rooted in…

Do you know the verse that says, “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous”?  Is that verse in the Old Testament or the New Testament?  Regardless of which answer you gave to that question, you’re right.  We know it best from 1 Peter 3:12, “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous.”  When Peter wrote that, he was quoting…

His name is Christian. He has a wife, but there are troubles. There are issues in the relationship, and they are currently separated. He has a son living with him—he is 5. Christian loves his son very much. His heart is heavy—something many of us can relate to. His friends counsel him, “Talk with Josh. Study the Bible with Josh.” So, there…

No one ever said that life would be easy. From infancy nothing seems to go right. We are seemingly placed in a crib where we must cry endlessly, awaiting someone to notice that we are hungry, lonely or need our diapers changed. Later, there is that horrible task of learning to walk with the incessant tumbling and falling that is part of…

There are some people who see a bee hive and very carefully pass it on by.  Then, there are others, who see a bee hive, walk over and shake it up, and then flee the scene without giving it another thought.  Some folks just like to stir up trouble. Unfortunately, stirring up trouble is not limited to an activity with a bee…

We have all done this at some point. We see that item that we need, want or must have. It has the latest “this” and the best “that.” It is faster, stronger and better than the old one you currently own. So, how do we respond to that? Do we take the bait? Is this item that much better? Does it deserve…