Trick Questions and Expectations in Marriage
Trick questions can be…well…tricky. For instance, how would you answer this question: “Have you stopped beating your spouse?” Answering this question…
April 23, 2018 · 4 min read
Leviticus 13-14 – Stop the Spread
When you think of the Bible, you typically think of things like: Adam and Eve; Mose and the Read Sea; the walls of Jericho; the life, death and…
April 15, 2018 · 2 min read
Leviticus 11-12 – Holiness
God calls us to be holy, but what does that mean? The word “holy” means to be clean and set apart for something special. A life of holiness is not…
April 15, 2018 · 2 min read
Leviticus 9-10 – The Equalizing Fire of God
At first glance, Leviticus chapters 9 and 10 appear to be quite different from each other. Chapter 9 paints a picture of Aaron and his sons beginning…
April 6, 2018 · 2 min read
How Parents Can Bring Out the Best in Their Teenagers
In my last post, How Teenagers Bring Out the Worst in Their Parents, I talked abut the very difficult job of raising teenagers, and how it can effect…
April 5, 2018 · 5 min read
How Teenagers Bring Out the Worst in Their Parents
I typically write posts focused on marriage, but this post is going to veer more into the area of parenting. Specifically, parenting teenagers, and…
March 29, 2018 · 5 min read
Getting Over the Wall of Resentment
Resentment can be like a wall that separates spouses, and the longer the wall stays up, the harder it is to get over it. Walls of resentment can…
March 23, 2018 · 4 min read
Leviticus 8 – Seeing God
Listen to these phrases from past Christian worship music… “We want to see Jesus lifted high” “I want to see you” “Open the eyes of my heart” “Show…
March 23, 2018 · 2 min read
Leviticus 6-7 – The Continual Flame
Let’s be honest. There are some passages of Scripture that aren’t very thrilling or inspiring. According to 2 Timothy 3:16, all of God’s Word is…
March 23, 2018 · 2 min read
Leviticus 5 – The High Cost of Sin
Believers are at great risk…not of atheistic ideologies or political agendas, but of comfortable familiarity. As believers, we have the assurance…
March 23, 2018 · 2 min read
Marital Drift and How to Stop It.
Have you ever had the experience of looking at your spouse in thinking, “We use to be so close. How did we drift apart? What happened?” If you have…
March 15, 2018 · 5 min read
Do You Really Want a Better Marriage?
Do you really want a better marriage? Sounds like a stupid question, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t want a better marriage? No one wants their marriage to…
March 8, 2018 · 4 min read
Leviticus 4 – Unintentional Sin
“But I didn’t mean to.” “That wasn’t my intention.” These are words often used to excuse, gloss over, or at least soften our sin. Now it’s true that…
March 6, 2018 · 2 min read
Leviticus 3 – The Peace or Fellowship Offering
Leviticus chapter 3 talks about the peace or fellowship offering. Fellowship is a word that gets thrown around a lot in church circles. It’s one of…
March 6, 2018 · 2 min read
Leviticus 2 – Grain and Worship
Grain offerings and worship?! What am I supposed to do with this chapter? It’s not like I carry a sack of wheat around in order to worship God!…
March 6, 2018 · 2 min read
What If We Built Our Marriage On Pooh?
Winnie the Pooh is a classic in children’s literature. As young children, we listened to adults read the great adventures of Pooh and his friends. As…
February 15, 2018 · 4 min read
Leviticus 1 – A Permanent Solution to an On-Going Problem
S-I-N. These three little letters form a very powerful and highly charged word in both our vocabulary and our experience. Sin is a destructive force…
January 28, 2018 · 2 min read
Exodus 40 – God Must Fill the Space
I’ve known people who wanted to learn to play an instrument. So they purchased the instrument, took the lessons, bought the music, and did everything…
January 26, 2018 · 2 min read
Exodus 36-39 – There’s Always Enough
I remember my parents telling me, “There will never be enough money to do all you want to do.” As I’ve grown older, I’ve certainly found that to be…
January 26, 2018 · 2 min read
Exodus 35 – Give What You’ve Been Given
When I was a kid, I used to play a game called “hot potato.” The object of the game was to pass on what was passed to you as quickly as you could…
January 26, 2018 · 2 min read
Exodus 34 – What Are You Bringing To God?
Sometimes things just stick out to me when I’m reading Scripture. It’s as if, in the midst of all that’s there, one thing jumps off the page and gets…
January 26, 2018 · 2 min read
Mishaps in Messaging
My wife is not much for talking on the phone. She prefers to text, so she often texts rather than calls. The problem is, if she’s texting someone…
January 26, 2018 · 4 min read
Exodus 33 – Time With God
Have you ever wanted to be with someone so much that you took advantage of every opportunity to be with them? Maybe you felt this way when you were…
January 23, 2018 · 2 min read
Exodus 32 – Crossing the Line
In Exodus chapter 32, Aaron and the people cross a line when they try to replace God with a golden calf. The moment they decide to build the idol…
January 14, 2018 · 2 min read