7 reasons God may not be answering prayers
On the kitchen wall in my boyhood home hung a plaque that promised “God Answers Prayer.” Because of those words, reinforced in Sunday school and Bible storybooks, I got the …
Forty days of imitating Christ
Thanks for joining me for 40 devotionals of short excerpts from my book The Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in Today’s Language. Day 1 Imitate God, therefore, in everything you …
Asbury University revival resources
As an old “Jesus Freak” from the 70s “Jesus Movement,” I’ve been praying and waiting all my life to see another true movement of God spread across our nation and …
Hope—and humor—spring eternal!
Here are my favorite hopeful posts as we celebrate the arrival of spring! • Are you listening to Goliath or God? • Finding still water in the storm From the …
God is such a ‘drama king’
In an action/adventure film, the hero never defuses the bomb with one hour to spare. Not even one minute. It’s always less than one second! (And, of course, the agonizing …
3 Ds of faith
Lois and I recently had a financial setback, which immediately sent me into full-blown crisis mode. Unfortunately, there’s a familiar pattern to my faith crises. Doubt I wish there was …
‘What must I do to inherit eternal life?’
I’m afraid that stressing salvation by faith—and only faith—Christians are missing some important teachings of Jesus. I know that sounds heretical, but please hear me out. Or, I should say, …