Photoshop is not in my skillset! My son came home from kindergarten this week and informed me that he had been shoved to the ground by a child one grade ...

If you have been living in a cave recently and have emerged to check your email, I'm glad you also took opportunity to stop by the TT blog today.  While ...

What if I never had to wrestle through weakness again What if I was gifted with holy fearlessness What if we all listened as well as we interrupt What if ...

WARNING: People in capes may appear larger than they actually are Landon is wearing a cape these days.  Three nights ago he requested to sleep in it and was permitted ...

In a little more than a year, should God allow Amy and me to still be here, I predict that there will be a sigh of relief in the Lyle ...

It's Sunday morning and I find myself in the middle of the minister's weekly dilemma.  The Lord's Day is the time when God's children gather together for the express purpose ...

It's hurricane season and the first ugly intruder, Irene, showed up hungry last night in the Caribbean, blowing 115 mph winds and killing a handful of people.  I guess that ...

Sundays always come about with my heart full of anticipation.  I love the Lord's Day and eagerly look forward to the activities associated with the gathering of the saints at ...

Monday and I have not been on good terms for years.  We have an understanding that we need to make the best of an awkward relationship but I can tell ...

Perhaps one of the most tragic things to occur in the life of a Christian would be for that individual to live a listless, unmotivated life.  I perceive that it ...

Before sharing what I'm going to share today I decided to really take my time.  The moment occurred early last week when a family friend came over with her daughters ...

It's happening to me and I didn't want it to.  I'm like Dr. Bruce Banner, powerless to halt the transformation into a creature that he doesn't enjoy.  I've watched it ...

"And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do..." 1 Chronicles 12:32 God has only made one ...

Take a moment and read the verse below.  After that, I'd like to hear your opinion about what you think is lacking from preachers/teachers/pulpits in our churches today. "Your prophets ...

Sometimes it does not matter how right we are.  We can have 100% clarity on the objective truth, be skilled at asserting that truth, have a thousand voices saying amen ...

Adrenaline. In my opinion we don't have enough of it.  In us. Around us. From us.  I feel like the world I live in is constipated when I think it ...

My dad stopped by to spend a few hours with me yesterday and I realized very quickly how much and just why I love him.  In my lost and wandering ...

Awaking today, I find myself confidently assured that the finality of my standing before God is forever anchored.  Because of the comprehensive perfection of Christ's work - His incarnation, His ...

Anyone else out there sick of hearing about U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner and the current scandal attached to his (unfortunate) name?  The congressman from New York has now entered intro ...

Sitting at my office desk this morning for the first time in ten days I found myself feeling like I had never really left.  A smile found my face when, ...

I hope you have been helped by the round of videos that have occupied my blog for the last week. I needed a little time off from writing but i ...

The mindless use of the sinner's prayer as the capstone for all evangelism has, perhaps, done more damage than any one facet of the false gospel permeating the 21st Century ...

Well, have you been helped by the videos from Real Truth Matters this week? I'm enjoying them myself and finding some good fuel for the previously lit fire in my ...

Today is Memorial Day in the United States and I really wanted to take just a moment to say thank you to all of those who have served in our ...

I smell seawater. I feel warm sand on the bottoms of my pasty-white feet. In my mind I picture devious seagulls flying above, taking aim and preparing to unload on ...