“19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,”—(Colossians 1:19, NASB 95)“46 And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. ...  Read More

I was raised in a Baptist church in Fort Worth, and I answered the altar call around age 8. I believe I did that more because it was expected of me than understanding that I needed a relationship with...  Read More

“13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God...  Read More

“1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone ...  Read More

“8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then th...  Read More

READ PSALM 19:1 I was a science major in college, which resulted in me being surrounded by peers who were highly unmoved by emotion-based reasoning. We wanted facts, things that could be demonstrated ...  Read More

READ HEBREWS 3:4  In early Genesis, God creates things like light and animals by speaking them into existence. God’s subsequent creation of us happens very differently; God creates us through the inti...  Read More

READ ROMANS 11:36I am amazed by so many things in this world. One of those things is the mutualistic symbiotic relationship between humans and plants. We provide the necessary carbon dioxide for plant...  Read More

READ AMOS 9:6 Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer from the Southern Kingdom, Judah. The book of Amos is a collection sermons, poems, and visions from Amos to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, ruled ...  Read More

READ Psalm 121:1-2 For many of us, it can be easy to buy into the lie that once we place our faith in Jesus, we’ll be free from trouble. I remember meeting Ken for the first time in a men’s Bible stud...  Read More

“16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.”—1 John 2:16, NASB 95“1 Now the serpent ...  Read More

READ PSALM 139:13-14 I’ll never forget the first time I felt those tiny baby flutters inside my stomach. Now, weeks later as I write this devotional, those little kicks keep coming, and the wonder of ...  Read More

READ PSALM 124:8Have you ever really stopped to think about everything that’s encompassed in the words “who made heaven and earth”? Our own solar system that lies within the Milky Way Galaxy is immens...  Read More

READ PSALM 33:6 Do you have people or circumstances in your life that sometimes feel bigger than God? When we start to feel overwhelmed by all that this world throws at us, we need to immerse ourselve...  Read More

READ ISAIAH 42:5 A few years ago, I went on a hiking trip that left a lasting impression. I remember standing on the top of a mountain, filled with awe as I gazed at the breathtaking scene before me —...  Read More

READ MATTHEW 6:28-29A few years ago, I was sitting on my balcony, watching the trees breathe. That’s all they were doing. Their leaves were blowing softly, the tallest trees were swaying, and as I thi...  Read More

“8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and ...  Read More

READ ECCLESIASTES 3:11When Tricia and I moved to Bologna, Italy with Cru (Agape Italia), it was to open a new work at the University of Bologna. It was a campus of 100,000 students with a reputation o...  Read More

READ ISAIAH 45:12Buying a house brought a lot of new things into our lives as a married couple. It gave us a place to host and build a home. It gave us a financial investment to steward well. And it a...  Read More

READ JEREMIAH 32:17Imagine being stuck in jail, your nation in the throes of war, your city surrounded by an impending and ruthless world superpower. Your first thought may not be that the time is rip...  Read More

READ ROMANS 1:20 On a family ski trip to Colorado several years ago, I found myself riding the lift alone. During that time in my life, I was a busy mom with three busy teenagers, and moments alone we...  Read More

READ PSALM 119:13-14 As a kid, I often heard, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” It’s one of the best quotes from the movie Bambi (even though I never actually liked the mov...  Read More

My wife, Diane, and I have attended Faith Bible since 1991. We were both raised in “graceless” denominations and stopped attending church in college. We concluded that we could never be good enough to...  Read More

“4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. 5 Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the fi...  Read More