Why are you afraid? (1 Samuel 17)

It is logical to be afraid - if and only if we don't believe in our God.

You never have to lose again (Joshua 10)

Look at us. Doubting. Unsure. Lukewarm. Embarrassed. What if it didn't have to be this way?

The antidote for fear (Joshua 8)

You have something a regular bystander doesn't.

Blind faith (Joshua 6)

With every global pandemic, personal failure, racist attack, soured relationship, and global injustice, do you wonder what God's game plan is? How can we have faith in Him?

I shall fear no evil? (Numbers 23)

For every disaster or disease or crime or pestilence, there's a sermon given by an earnest pastor who goes on and on and on about God's faithfulness and His power and His love and His protection - while smoothly skipping over the fact that plenty of people were not protected, and did indeed suffer.

New Year, New Confidence (Numbers 12)

Summary: A brand new year. Not just a new year, a brand new decade is standing before us, fresh and clean, ready to be lived. How does it make you feel? I always start wondering about what the new year will bring. What will make me laugh? What will I cry over? What will scare … Continue reading New Year, New Confidence (Numbers 12) →

There Will Be Blood (Exodus 29)

Summary: What is your favorite art form? Can you spend hours at an art museum? Do you love to dance - or at least watching people dance? Or are you a reader at heart? One of my favorite art forms, after writing, is television and film. It's fascinating the different techniques and tactics people use … Continue reading There Will Be Blood (Exodus 29) →

People Are Dying (Exodus 11)

Summary: I went to this Seventh-Day Adventist youth conference once. It was like seven years ago. The conference was called iServe, and that was really supposed to be the point of it - service. On one of the days of the conference, all the young people loaded up onto huge charter buses and went out … Continue reading People Are Dying (Exodus 11) →

The Loneliest Delusion (Exodus 10)

Summary: "I need to get out more." That is only one of the refrains that makes up the constant background noise in our minds, but it is a common one. Especially nowadays. What with perfectly crafted Instagrams, Facebook check-ins, and Venmo histories, we are always being bombarded with reminders of the things we should be … Continue reading The Loneliest Delusion (Exodus 10) →

Christians Are Crazy (Exodus 6)

Summary: You ever hear about those scams people end up falling for? Men and women send money to people halfway across the world, believing the scammer's promise of millions of dollars in the future. Hopeless romantics form relationships online, despite the object of their affections dubiously claiming to be Tyler Perry or even just super … Continue reading Christians Are Crazy (Exodus 6) →