Of course those who encounter the message of Lifetime are transformed. It’s the transformative message of Jesus presented in practical ways.

The only way that you, the new person in Christ, will follow after Satan’s temptation is if he can effectively deceive you. Otherwise, your default as a new person, with a new and godly nature, is to live in obedience to God’s will and ways.

We are redeemed and secured in Christ Jesus. We are so secure in Christ that we can live, and love, and engage society without thought about our foundational acceptance, love, confidence, and security.

Merry Christmas is yours. Christ is come. God is incarnate. You cannot be forsaken by Him. Or, you can watch for your $600 of governmental relief in the mailbox and pledge to treasure it when it arrives.

After my soul has been yanked and yawed for 17 or 18 hours between my noble spirit and my snake-bit body, I sit down on the patio to think a thousand thoughts, while my emotions carrom against my soul’s bumpers, and my self-determination attempts to make a decision regarding life’s demands.

That God is passionate, persists, and pursues is what He does—and has done since He created mankind.

Rowing is a two-step process: First, you line up your destination, the boat, and a point behind you. Second, while keeping your eyes fixed on the point behind you, you pull evenly on both oars.

The Bible is what it is and what it has been for around 1900 years.

“My vote—our vote—doesn’t matter. That’s why we’re praying. Besides, there’s nobody Christian running for office.”

You are not safe from trial, tribulation, or tumult. Neither are you safe within the love of God.

If I look askance at September 2020, the basement of my soul floods with anxious thoughts, anger at the duplicity, and indignancy at our arrogance. What are we thinking?

Take-charge types speak categorically. Maybe they’re right—which one is right is the trick.

Be shrewd like a serpent: prudent, wise, measured, careful… and if you must, be treacherous.

Be innocent. Don’t participate in evil. Have nothing to do with evil.

Contempt is not sustainable. It never was nor will it ever be. Yet, we persist in drinking its poison.

As Believers, disengaging is not what we do. Stridency is unbecoming.

Look at the shadow of your circumstance and you know God’s vantage point.

Clearly, our situation is not unprecedented.

Our constant is that He is the same. He never varies—no matter the world’s upheaval.