“A giant has left us.” – Dr. D.A. Carson(Distinguished Emeritus Professor of New Testamentat Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Most of you, by now, are aware that Tim Keller passed away last week. I don’t have the words to express my profound gratitude for Tim Keller.  His books and sermons have influenced my life, marriage, and…

“More Persians have come to faith in Jesus in the last twenty years than in the previous thirteen centuries.”  – Lindy Lowry, Open Doors USA Let me share some good news with you that I hope will encourage your faith and remind you that God is moving mightily around the world. Here are a few snippets…

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.We observed his glory,the glory as the one and only Son from the Father,full of grace and truth.”(John 1:14) 20 years ago, I read Randy Alcorn’s book, The Grace and Truth Paradox. I have quoted from this little book more times than I can count over the past two…

If you are not in the habit of reading books throughout the year, I would encourage you to pick up this discipline. Love of reading begins, many times, with discipline. Discipline practiced, over time, leads often to greater enjoyment (just like so many other areas in life). What was once hard and arduous, slowly becomes…

Nobody loves music more than my wife, Lisa. Within five minutes of waking up in the morning, she’ll have a song playing in the background. Whether it’s Christmas hymns or 1970s-era trumpet solos, I’m convinced that music is one of the greatest gifts God has given to us. It has the power to lift, inspire, encourage,…

“Never doubt in the darkness what God has told you in the light.” (Victor Raymond Edman) “Brands are for cereals.Platforms are for divers.Market Shares are for retailers.Towels and Basins are for Churches/Christians to wash feet.” (Scotty Smith) “Keep moving and have faith. This is when God usually works. Most of the time he does not…

“We don’t really ‘hold a grudge.’ Grudges coil around us like boa constrictors and slowly crush the life out of us.” (Scotty Smith)  “When you open your doors on Sunday morning, a world of brokenness files in.” (Jared C. Wilson)  “Many of us cannot reach the mission fields on our feet, but we can reach…

As we witness again the deep brokenness of the world this week, we cry out with the psalmist, “How long, O Lord?” (Psalm 13:1). Sometimes the online news cycle moves faster than a human heart can process and grieve the events that unfold. Within 10 days, we saw tragedies at… Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York. Geneva Presbyterian Church in…

“Asking yourself the question of your own legacy (what do I wish to be remembered for?) is the beginning of adulthood.”  (St. Augustine) “Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of…

Whenever I meet a believer in Christ who is discouraged with what they are seeing here in the West (primarily North America) in terms of spiritual decline, I like to encourage them with what God is doing around the world. And it is huge! Here are a few stats on the growth of Christianity throughout Asia,…