Let’s talk about Rosie Revere. These are the words from a great old children’s book, Rosie Revere, Engineer: “Your brilliant first flop was a raging success! Come on, let’s get busy and on to the next! She handed a notebook to Rosie Revere, Who smiled at her aunt as it all became clear. Life might…
The Lachazi language is spoken in areas of Africa such as Angola. Within their language, a common word is missing. They have no word for “lie.” But they do have a word for “lies.” I asked an Angolan missionary about this. He explained, “There is never a single lie. Every lie has another lie. So…
“How can I get ahead?” That question has echoed through the corridors of time for as long as we have roamed the planet. Even God’s children – who were in church every week – lamented how this cramped their style. They asked, “When will the Sabbath be ended, that we may market our wheat?” (Amos…
I should have been on the debate team in college. And high school. And preschool. I love a good debate. I never miss a presidential debate. Don’t get me started on the Nixon-Kennedy debates of 1960. Or Carter-Reagan twenty years later. I love to watch debates, and I love to participate. But that’s not always…
I love this line from Max Lucado: “God has the final word in your life, and that word is grace.” It was grace that found me in my darkest moment. It was grace that saved me from my sin – and from myself. It was grace that lit the road of recovery. And it is…
A mother heard her daughter crying and ran in to see that her young son had grabbed the girl’s hair and was pulling it. She removed the boy’s hand and told her daughter, “He doesn’t realize how much that hurts.” The mother left the room, and in a few minutes, she heard the little boy…
God does some of his best work from a distance. Hebrews teaches us that God’s people received God’s promise “from a distance” (Hebrews 11:13) God promised a son to Abraham in the distance. God promised rain to Elijah in the distance. Abraham kept doing the right thing, and eventually, his son was born. Elijah told…
You’ve probably been to a restaurant where – after a wonderful meal – the waiter brought out a lavish dessert tray. No matter how full you were or how disciplined you meant to be, when that tray appeared, it was hard to resist. What does that irresistible tray look like for you? Chocolate cake? Cheesecake?…
“Although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened” (Romans 1:21). The darkest heart is like a spooky basement at the bottom of stairs that get darker with each step downward. The first step is ingratitude, where we…
In the picturesque enclave of Lake Arrowhead, California, three men attempted the crime of the century. They dressed up in bear suits and ravaged their own expensive cars in full view of security video. Then they filed claims totaling $140,000 for the damages. But the California Department of Insurance wasn’t convinced of the veracity of…