I'll tell you, life can be a scramble, can't it? Between all of our responsibilities, it can be easy to lose sight of certain things, the biggest of which is our spiritual condition. A friend recently asked me about my study habits, that is, how I go about studying. They intended to understand what I used to study, that is, whether I use commentaries, study Bibles, etc.? And, I had to answer honestly: While I have a process in studying God's word, it has not been what it ough

Easter is a time many churches see a slight rise in attendance. Whether it's people who feel some form of duty or guilt, or perhaps even curiosity, or any number of reasons, they come to just this one Sunday, or perhaps a couple more through the year. I don't say this to mock then, just to point out that it is a reality. When they come, they are confronted with difficult to understand things. A man rising from the dead? Now He is sitting at the right hand of God? What's all o

Many times, we want God to act openly, swiftly, and in a very obvious way. Yet, at times, it appears that God isn't actually doing anything at all. I don't mean that blasphemously or accusatorily, just that He works in ways that we don't see, and at times where all we do see is what is dark. Jesus was betrayed and brutally murdered upon a cruel Roman cross. His death, it would seem, marked the end of the road not only for Him, but for His disciples, and all of those who belie