You don't owe anyone a closing argument justifying your convictions. The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay" (Matthew 5:37). Jesus wasn't being cold. He was showing you what character looks like. A man of God whose word means something doesn't need to defend
They say ignorance is bliss. If that's true, I'm a blizzard. Ministry has a way of showing you things you can't unsee. People you trusted. Situations you didn't ask for. Conversations that stay with you at 2 in the morning. Nobody warns you about that part in Bible school or
I'm grateful for this nation. Grateful for freedom, for provision, for the military that protects our families. None of that is lost on me. But being grateful for your country and confusing the church's mission — those aren't the same thing. No political party is an arm of the church. And
There is a kind of mockery that is holy. Not the kind that tears down a struggling soul or settles a personal score. The kind Elijah used on Mount Carmel when he stood before 450 prophets of Baal and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is
For some families, a question eventually surfaces that they never saw coming — whether God might be calling them to pull up roots and relocate for the sake of finding a faithful church. It is a question worth taking seriously, because the stakes on both sides are real. Relocation for the