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Tragically,  most people do not find their joy in Christ and Heaven. In fact, many people find no joy at all when they think about Heaven.

When God calls upon us to deny ourselves and follow Him, what appears to be our loss is in fact our gain. Should we want to gain our lives or lose our lives? Losing our lives in Christ is the means to the end of joyfully gaining them!

A brand new book is out, The Good Investor by Robin C. John, that I think should be read by every Christ-follower who gives financial advice or invests in companies, even if it’s only through a retirement plan. 

I am all for miracles, and I believe God does them. But I am skeptical at times because sometimes these claims are unaccompanied by the disciplines of godly living.

In my years of writing about Heaven, I’ve found there are dozens of questions I'm repeatedly asked. I enjoyed answering several during my conversation with Josh Lewis and Michael Rowntree, on their podcast The Remnant Radio.

We live in a time when we are defined as disabled, bipolar, alcoholic, ADHD, victims of lupus, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and nearly everything else. Our condition easily becomes our primary reference point.

We are to be like the Bereans, who carefully checked the Apostle Paul’s teachings against Scripture to discern whether what he said was true (see Acts 17:11). Scripture also tells us to “test all things. Hold on to what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21).

I realize not everyone gets the chance to have a final gathering with their family. But I do encourage anyone who has a terminal illness to use your remaining time to have God-honoring interactions with your loved ones and say whatever needs to be said while you still can. 

If you’ve experienced the love of an animal, whether it’s from a horse, a dog, a cat, or any other kind of animal, you know it’s profoundly moving. And no wonder, since God has coupled mankind and the animal kingdom, not only through the order of creation, but also through His mandate that we govern the animals.

I was looking for resources to share with a friend who is struggling with unanswered prayer and came across this excellent article. I was surprised to see the author’s reference to my book If God Is Good, but in my defense I appreciated the article before reading her mention of it! 😊

This may be to many readers one of the most surprising blogs I’ve ever written. And if you follow the links at the end to what I and others have said on this subject, you may be doubly surprised!

The news out of Texas has been so tragic, where the results of flash floods on July 4 have claimed more than 100 lives. There’s such heartbreak—I’ve been trying to imagine if it were one of our daughters now, and even more so when they were children.

I have the greatest admiration for Os Guinness, a brilliant author and social critic who’s written or edited more than 30 books. I was struck by this quote from a message that Os, now 83 years old, gave earlier this year about the need for cultural-spiritual renewal in the West.

Physician assisted suicide is in the news again, with New York lawmakers passing the Medical Aid in Dying Act. Three decades ago, I joined others in expending a lot of time and effort to oppose Oregon’s move to become the first place in human history to legalize physician assisted suicide.