Christians Are Like Pumpkins

A woman asked her coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?"

The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the ...

Restoring the Master's Workmanship

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is one of the greatest artistic triumphs in history. From 1508 to 1512, the artist Michelangelo lay on his back and ...

Moving On

The past is a dead issue and we can't gain any momentum moving toward tomorrow if were dragging the past behind us.

Clean Hands

Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.

Taking Out the Garbage

After I graduated from Dallas Seminary, waiting on my first ministry, I went home to live with my mother. My mom gave me chores. She said, "One of ...

Janitorial Ministry

The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.

Deep Cleaning

What happened to the reality that forgiveness of sin, before God or before humankind, is a spiritual cleansing, not just a coping skill?

Forgiven and Forgotten

A Forgiving God in an Unforgiving World retells the true story of a priest in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who carried the burden of a secret ...

Soul Remodeling

A sentence in one of the books [I was reading on osteoporosis prevention] struck me most: "Like all living tissue, bone is constantly being broken ...

Cleaning the Dirt and Not the Daughter

Have you ever watched a little girl get her new dress dirty just before church? Little girls get their dresses dirty sometimes when they really don't ...