I’ve written quite a few blogs over the past years on dating, marriage, family, and the home.  In all of those blogs, there have been moments to address men specifically on various topics.  It seems as a man, the most…

How can we redeem work and even see that our work is redeeming in this world?  Today’s blog seeks to answer that question. 

Disclaimer:  Today’s post is a bit autobiographical at times just to provide some context.  I…

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does…

I’m excited to set up a new series that will be ongoing over the course of this year.  Much like the “Prayers Of The Bible” blogs from 2019, I wanted to initiate early on something we could come back to…

Finishing out the 2020 Vision series this week and I want to land on an area that is certainly a part of our everyday lives:  the workplace and the marketplace and the mission fields we are called to therein.  I’ve…

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.…

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 

I chose to start out 2020 with a blog series that is in many ways vision-minded and…

I was reading a devotional a few weeks back and thinking ahead to 2020.  By November and December, I like to get to a place where I have some thoughts developed about what the next 12 months will bring.  Often…

First things first:  Merry Christmas!  Since starting this blog in 2017, the dates have never lined up for the blog post to actually land on Christmas.  So this blog is extra special just for that reason.  It is Christmas…

(Originally posted 12-13-18) 

I have a dilemma every year around Christmas.  My dilemma is this:  my wife is a not much of a gift person.  I mean, she likes getting gifts and won’t turn up her nose at any…

A couple of months ago, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck made headlines when he announced he would be retiring from professional football.  The news came as a shock to the sports community as the 29 year-old Luck stepped down, seemingly…

At the beginning of the year and as a part of the month of Throwback Blogs in October, I published a blog entitled I Will Not Be Shaken.  It was really a response to much of what I’ve noticed…

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.  You know when I sit and when I rise, you perceive my thoughts from afar.  You hem me in — behind and before.  Search me, O God, and know my…

With this series of blogs “Letters To The Hurting,” I’ve been compelled to put myself in the shoes of each audience each week.  For me, last week’s topic was easy to identify with (Dear Worn Out & Weary)…

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.  It is wisdom to take occasional furlough.  In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.  Charles Spurgeon 

A couple of months ago…

(Originally posted 7-12-18)

And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is…

(Originally posted 5-15-19)

I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.  Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.  Three times I…

(Originally posted 1-10-19)

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken.  Psalm 62:6 

One of the saddest things to witness as a Christian is to see brothers and sisters grow cold in their…

(Originally posted 3-7-19)

Prayers Of The Bible:  Joshua’s Prayer in Joshua 10 

12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel: 

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon, …

Pray - Derek Charles Johnson 

I have prayed full of faith but some days you don’t answer like I think you should 
Other times You’ve provided more than I ever hoped or dreamed you could 
But I never…

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.  Galatians 5:22,23 

Well, this goal of getting through all 9 fruits of the Spirit is now nearly complete.  I had no idea when I…

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.  Galatians 5:22,23 

There are choices we must make every day as we relate to others.  To extend grace or not to.  To freely forgive…

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.  Galatians 5:22,23 

Taking a slight turn this week, our discussion of The Fruit moves toward faith itself.  As mentioned, all traits within Galatians 5:22,23…

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.  Galatians 5:22,23 

In continuing on in The Fruit series, I have to admit I have a strong desire just to know how you…

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.  Galatians 5:22,23 

In 2019, I felt compelled to spend some time venturing into the Fruit of The Spirit; a topic which I feel is…