Giving is one of those things that can often turn people off from the church. Many people have had a negative experience at a church...

The book of Proverbs is filled with all sorts of practical advice. Things like those who find understanding in the fear of the Lord will...

Proverbs 2:11 says, "Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you" (English Standard Version). I love the way that...

Wisdom is one of those things that we all inherently understand is a good thing. As soon as we learn about the concept of wisdom, we make...

A Thought Experiment When you think about wisdom, who is the first person that comes to mind? These kinds of thought experiments are fun,...

Something We Are Familiar With Peer pressure is nothing new for us. How often has it been discussed throughout your life? For me, it was...

Where We Are If you have been paying attention to what is happening in the world today, it will come as no surprise to you that the idea...

Laying Out An Idea The whole idea behind this regular, devotionally styled blog is to use as many of the means available to me as...

Work is Hard If there is one thing that is clear to everyone, it is that work is hard. We try to make it better by saying things like, if...

Examining the Issue For anyone who has been paying attention over the last decade or so, the rise in climate change awareness has been...

The Theory of Evolution has become ubiquitous in our world today. It is taught in schools and discussed in labs and universities. Even...

I wonder what comes into your mind when you think of the Sabbath. Do you think about the fourth commandment? Perhaps the thing you think...

Among the essential Christian doctrines that find their start in the first twelve chapters of Genesis is the gospel itself. We start with...

One of the most obvious things about the world around us, at least when we take the time to look, is that there is a whole heck of a lot...

As we continue to look at the doctrinal foundations in Genesis, we come to one of the most foundational truths of all of scripture. That...

One of the things that becomes immediately clear as you read through the book of Genesis is that humanity is the pinnacle of creation....

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Gen 1:1). From the beginning of Scripture, it is clear that the origin of the...

With the start of a new year, many are starting a new Bible reading plan. Bible reading plans are a wonderful thing as long as they are...

Christmas has come and gone for us. Perhaps you still have some family get-togethers in the coming weeks, but the big day is over. As we...

There are a lot of ideas about what started the Reformation. Even setting a start date for the Reformation depends largely on what...