Proverbs 4:23New International Version (NIV)23 Above all else, guard your heart,    for everything you do flows from it.How is your heart? Is it a hardened heart or a soft heart? The Bible says the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. I believe that it is...

Before accepting Jesus Christ as Lord of my life, I had a great many areas in my life that weren't Christ like.  I certainly didn't give thought to how Jesus would have me think or behave in any given situation.  So, why am I so often surprised and appalled when a...

 What are you pursuing?  What are most people seeking in this life?  When you look at the lives of those around you, why do most people do what they do?  In America, you may hear the phrase ‘keeping up with the Jonses’ as a term to illustrate the constant pursuit...

At the beginning of every football game, the ball is kicked to the opposing team and 22 players sprint at each other with one goal in mind. Destroy someone!  Some of the men on the field weigh around 300 lbs and can run a 40 in less than 5 seconds. To be one of those...

I’m going to man up and admit that, fourteen years ago this month, I totally botched my proposal to my wife. It was working at Inspiration Hills, a Christian camp in northwest Iowa, and I had been planning “the perfect proposal” for quite some time. When Andrea came...

1 Peter 2:21New International Version (NIV)21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.When you choose to step into living a life of no retreat, you are truly following the example of Jesus....

Are You Searching?Proverbs 8:17New International Version (NIV)17 I love those who love me,    and those who seek me find me.Are you searching? As men, we are usually searching for something to bring significance to our lives. We hunger in desperation to find it. We...