Step Into Significance

When our daughter was planning her wedding, Tamara and I enrolled in ballroom dancing lessons. We assumed we’d be naturals! After all, Tamara was a cheer captain of a 5A school, and I was a college athlete. But we soon realized our success in ballroom dancing didn’t so much depend on our individual strengths but […]

In ancient Rome, crowds filled coliseums to watch gladiators fight brutal battles—many to their death. As these warriors prepared to enter the arena, their loved ones would shout one desperate word: spoudazo—“Give it all you’ve got. Fight to the finish.” These weren’t casual cheers from the sidelines; they were gut-wrenching pleas for survival. Gladiators, on […]

Evangelism can feel intimidating, but for most of us, it’s not a lack of willingness—it’s a lack of understanding. Simply put, evangelism is sharing the Gospel. That’s it! And according to Jesus, it’s not a suggestion—it’s an expectation: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15). But how do […]

I read a medical term the other day that sobered me: philophobia—the fear of being loved. This broke my heart because when someone fears being loved, it robs them of the life God intended. It allows the enemy to steal their significance and, in turn, their successes. Thankfully, in Romans 8:37, God promises He can […]

It’s often said: “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” And sometimes, that’s true. But in most cases, what we don’t know is hurting us more than we realize. A report from the American Enterprise Institute points to a lack of education as a major cause of poor health and financial stress, proving that ignorance […]

People define courage in many ways. Abraham Lincoln called it “going forward in the face of fear.” Franklin Roosevelt described it as “the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” At night, when my kids were young and afraid of sleeping alone, I would tell them courage was simply “fear that has said […]

I love the Rocky movies. As hard as it is to watch my film hero get beaten almost to the point of death, I can handle it because I know how the story ends. So why is it so difficult to trust the Author of my story—especially when Scripture assures me it will end in […]

When I was 25 years old, both of my parents left earth for heaven. I handled their passing as well as I could, thinking I had worked through the grieving process. But in my thirties, a fresh wave of grief hit. I realized how much I missed their direction and affirmation. I was making big […]

Our society has become increasingly pragmatic. If something looks good to us, we’ll generally do it — especially if we think it won’t hurt anyone else. In this culture, it’s important to remember it’s not just what we do that matters; Why we do it is important, too. Motives matter. Proverbs 16:2 confirms this when […]

Most of us don’t jump for joy when we hear the word obligation. Why? Because it sounds like work—most likely for someone else’s benefit. But what if some obligations actually enriched us rather than burdened us? What if they were actually the key to a life of deep joy and fulfillment? In Romans 13:8, Paul […]