As I read Psalm 19, and my favorite verse, 19:1, it reminds me that there is something ancient in a man that awakens when he steps outside at night. The part that responds to the night sky is not the part of him that answers emails; it is not the part that pays bills, nor the part that sits under fluorescent lights and acts like spreadsheets matter more than eternity. No, it is something older and truer. There is something in him that remembers Eden and hears the echoes of th

How about you? Do you fear death? In a sense, we are all uncertain about our relationship with death, for none of us knows when is our appointment to die. Additionally, none of us are promised tomorrow. If we are not to fear death, then, that confidence must be rooted in something more substantial than just a will to ignore or swallow our fear. Personally, I am not afraid to die. Such a statement is not an arrogance; it is biblical Christianity.

An unfortunate and often devastating fact of life is that people will sometimes hurt you. They may mistreat you intentionally or misunderstand you unintentionally. Our world is full of villains, and that’s why there are many victims. But even if someone legitimately hurts you deeply, you must not make that sinful hurt your personal identity and adopt a victim mindset. The victim mindset will hurt you far worse than whatever the villains in your life have done to you. A perso

When Moses turned aside to look at the burning bush, he was living in a period of divine silence. Scripture’s last recorded words from God were His direction to Jacob to reunite with Joseph in Egypt (Gen. 46). Two generations previously, God told Abraham how long that period of silence would be: “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years” (Gen. 15:13).

What is wisdom’s counsel saying to us from Proverbs 20? Wisdom’s primary counsel is found in verse 3: do not be a meddling fool, and cease from unnecessary strife. Throughout the chapter, Solomon provides counsel concerning common things people meddle with, that cause them unnecessary strife.

Central to God’s character is that he loves. 1 John 4:8 famously says that “he that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.” However, when we say that God loves, we are not saying that anything called love is a godly thing. What we mean—because it is what the Bible communicates—is that God is the one who defines what love is.