As I watch the expressions of protest across the globe, it seems that they are driven not only by a sense of injustice and inequality, but also a sense of not being listened to....

Probably being the other side of three score years and ten has something to do with it, but I notice that anxiety levels (mine) can fluctuate. Which is to say the imaginative graph that...

Most missionary candidates would know the name, Jim Elliot.  Probably some responded to the call to mission because of him. One of his well known quotes is: “He is no fool who gives what he...

Let me begin with the assumption that you weren’t born a koala. If you were, these are some of the things that you might notice, and others might notice about you… You would spend...

We have one fruit from the list of Galatians 5, still in the bowl, that deserves attention: faithfulness. What does that term suggest for you? Surely it points towards our trustworthiness, reliability, integrity…  “Whoever...

Another fruit of the Spirit.  Good, or goodness, have become sort of vanilla words… “How are you?” “Good” “How was your day?” “Good” The truth is that good, and goodness, are rich theological words. God...

Husbands, listen up! If you are the type of thrill-seeker who would derive satisfaction from dropping a lit match into a box of fireworks, here is the marital equivalent. It involves just four words,...

Self-control is not a psychological word, it is a Biblical word. It is a fruit of the Spirit.  It identifies that each of us is a complex of desires and appetites.  The problem is simply that...

I am glad that patience is listed as a fruit of the Spirit, because I need all the help I can get. We wait – in lines: in order to purchase groceries; to be...

“For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile – the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the...