Weakened? Forgotten? Seeking to move on from a personal fumble? Exhausted with life, people, barriers and breakdowns? I have earned a Masters Degree in those areas. More than once in ...

What a whirlwind season this has been and is becoming. Many thanks to all of you who have shown support since my cancer diagnosis. I have another surgery scheduled for ...

He was the most famous prophet in Israel the day he burst on to the scene. For four centuries, Israel had not heard from their God, so when the Baptizer ...

Accusation: “Has anyone seen Jeff’s shackles? I want to put him on spiritual lock-down again.” Justification: “Those shackles are in the bottom of the sea.  As far as east is ...

It is highly likely that our deepest relationships are with people who have something to offer to us that we value.  Our nature is reluctant to enter into commitments that ...

It is wise to be occasionally reminded that, in the strictest theological sense, Jesus is not here working on earth any more.  In the very same body which emerged from ...

Today, I am going to dogmatic. Though I am sad about what I am about to write, I am going to say it without any cushion or attempt to round ...

“And David had success in all his undertakings, for the LORD was with David.” – 1 Samuel 18:14 Father, as I watch You work in David’s life on the pages ...

Today marks the beginning of another year, a new year, a fresh start on the calendar. As I awoke today, I had a strong confidence that one thing has not ...

There has never been an occasion in the ten years of Transforming Truth's existence when I have made an online financial plea for our own support needs. We trust God ...

Christians sometimes fall into the trap that God got things started on our behalf and then turned over the reins for us to carry it forth on our own from ...

"Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul." - Psalm 142:4 God, help us to have ...

God created the cosmos from nothing. God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed life into him. God established an innumerable host of angels to serve as ...

Wednesday nights around Meadow have been uniquely blessed of God in recent weeks.  Sensing His leadership to overhaul our approach to the Wednesday gathering, we have placed an emphasis on ...

God does not need you to do anything for Him.  The awesome Father in Heaven has never had a need that He could not meet by Himself.  God has not ...

Let me confess that I do not regularly find myself immersed in that section of Scripture known as the Minor Prophets.  I opened there the other day and little pockets ...

  Sometimes the Lord declares.  Sometimes The Almighty thunders truths punctuated with an exclamation point.  Many times He promises and swears oaths.  On occasion, when God wishes to impact us...He ...

  A Debtor To Mercy Original lyrics by Augustus M. Toplady, additional words and music by Bob Kauflin © 1998 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI) A debtor to mercy alone Of covenant mercy ...

Yesterday, over some ridiculously delicious Sunday afternoon Mexican food, I was discussing with those at my table the various ways the members of the Lyle family awake in the morning. ...

The week is not yet halfway through and I've been welcomed into the lives of a handful of friends who are groaning with burdens:  two of my sisters in Christ ...

Wait...hope...rest...trust...pour out your heart.  Now this is great advice for every Monday. Hear it:  Wait... hope... rest... trust... pour out your heart.  One of the beautiful things about the bible ...

  “God, just how sovereign are You?” “Fully.  Completely. Comprehensively.  I am in control of it all.” “You are in control of all the good stuff?” “Yes” “All the bad ...

The degree to which I understand my own sinfulness is the same degree that I will appreciate God's grace.  Perhaps the greatest need in modern Christians' lives is to properly ...

At about 6 PM on Saturday evening I set my clock ahead one hour as we do each time this year for Daylight Savings Time.  I needed to awake early ...

There is one thing that you must accept in this life.  Pain, heartbreak and tragedy will touch you at some point.  We are not afforded permanent insulation from the undesirable ...