SEVERED LIVES

Yesterday, Jan and I went to see the movie, Sound of Freedom. The movie deals with human sex trafficking. It reveals a sick reality that prowls our streets and consumes the innocent among us. The victims of this trafficking are our children. A few days ago, I was...
VIOLATING INNOCENCE

VIOLATING INNOCENCE

Yesterday, while walking through a city park, I saw a newborn baby deer. I’ve never seen such a small fawn. It was the size of a rabbit. It was so vulnerable. God’s creation has a built-in desire to protect what is innocent. Humans not so much. Today we have drag...

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

While all forms of sin will separate us from God, when it comes to sexual sin, there is a difference. Paul wrote, “Run away from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does” (I Corinthians 6:18).  The next time someone tells you that sexual...

Even So

Yesterday, I failed at something the Lord has been working on in my life. I felt horrible that I made such a foolish choice, again. I knew better. This morning, as I was reading the Psalms, I came to Psalm 106 which opens by describing the faithful love of God. In the...

COVER-UP

I have lived long enough to see something that never ends well. It is when individuals, cultural institutions, or church movements attempt to cover up sin and wrongdoing to protect their interests. It is the last two words of the previous sentence, “their interests”,...