You can officially retire at the age of 55, while the average life expectancy is 79 years old. Give or take 24 years, every Christian has a decision to make about the twilight years of their life. The overwhelming consensus is simple: put life on cruise control, travel to see the grandkids and the world,…

What is it that gets under your skin for Jesus? What do you get righteously angry about? What situation, scenario or circumstance makes you want to be like your Savior and start turning over tables in the temple? What prayer request do you bring before God again and again, saying, “God, you need to do…

Have you ever driven past a billboard that had too much information on it to read as you drove by? It’s as if they expected you to slow down long enough to read all that they had to say. What a crazy thought! We live in a world of speed and distraction. Technology helps our lives…

Listening to the crowd is always easier in the short-term but you’ll pay for it in the end. King Saul was the first king of Israel but not the most memorable (that would belong to his successor David). The reason God ultimately rejected Saul as king is simple: Saul chose to listen to the crowd…

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