What is the high-hanging fruit on your sanctification tree? You know, that thing, that issue that always seems to dog you? The one that you feel like you’ll be carrying with you all your life? For …
Beloved One
A friend of mine said he believes we have all under-experienced God’s love in our lives. If so, that alone may be a big impediment to intimacy with Him, and may inhibit us from praying powerful …
Praying Powerful Prayers
I love the beginning of school, with all its excitement and enthusiasm. As I was at junior high locker day the other day, a mom shared with me about her recently-graduated daughter, now living in a …
Saying Goodbye
On Saturday, May 19th, Grace graduated the Class of 2018 in its commencement exercises. The following is my final charge to our graduates, and my final blog for the school year: It’s my privilege to …
Making the Improbable Possible
I’m probably the most improbable PhD recipient ever. This graduation season, I earned my PhD from Dallas Baptist University. My whole family attended to celebrate the end of this five-year …
Remembrance and Celebration
One of the really great things about our faith is that it’s not just a “get out of hell” card, not just about gaining eternal life. Our faith is also just a better way to live. I write often of the …