If someone tells you that cats are cleaner than dogs, don’t trust them. That’s a Cat Person. Growing up we had two and they shed everywhere. My whole life I walked around with hair stuck to my clothes and never knew it until I started dating Danielle (my wife) who is very, very allergic to them. Whenever I came around, she’d start sneezing. And I didn’t want her to think she was allergic to me. So, I began taking cat hair pretty seriously. Anytime I left the house, I looked in the mirror and used lint rollers to get all of it off me. They probably saved my marriage.  Read More

If you spoke to me after a Sunday service, or texted me to meet for coffee, or ran into me at the grocery store, you might be fooled into thinking that I’m quite far along in my journey of “taming the tongue.” It’s far easier to be “peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere” (James 3:17) when the conversation lasts only a few minutes, and requires little of my true nature to be shared. But look a little further, and my struggles to control my tongue become clear.  Read More

The men at her door were different than the others. She could tell right away. The word “Israel” conjured up stories she had heard for years about a rag tag group of slaves turned ocean parting army. Any city their God brought them to they conquered. And now, here they were in her hometown. Rahab trembled with fear. Fear, yes, but something else too. Something very much like hope.  Read More

Faith and favoritism are incompatible. Like oil and water, they do not mix – and believers should not attempt to combine them. Favoritism has no place in the Church or life of the believer. Unfortunately, favoritism, which is rooted in selfishness, has crept into the practices of the Church.  Read More

We’ve all known people who had an above average knowledge of Scripture that, sadly, didn’t appear to be much affected by it. They’re often critical, impatient, and boastful—all while being well-versed in what the Bible has to say about … being critical, impatient, and boastful.  Read More

Be honest. When we hear James say, “Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,” joy is not what immediately comes to mind amid trials and tests. No one is happy when the difficulties of life come, but there is also no escaping trials and sorrows. They are just a part of life. We live in a fallen creation, and we are a fallen people. At some point in our lives, hardships will come. Wrong will be done to us by someone. Wrongs will be done by us to others. Tragedies will come.  Read More