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I think showing respect to the Lord involves different things for different people in different places.

When I’ve taught from 1 Corinthians 6 in a college class, I have asked someone in the front row to lend me his pencil for a moment. 

Remember when you were a child, how hours at a time were lost in the joy of play—discovering trees and trails and caterpillars and the new friend on the block? 

My daughter Karina recently posted this from one of her favorites and mine, G.K. Chesterton (British journalist, writer, and Christian apologist, 1874-1936). 

I would encourage you to remind yourself of what I’ve had to say to myself when I’ve been disillusioned with church: “It’s not about me.” 

God’s constant love for us will never let us down, no matter how things appear. We often define love in superficial and trivial ways, setting us up to question God’s love in hard times. 

One of the things I often do is give away books and booklets to people I meet. Wonderful things have happened over the years because of this simple act.

God gives us greater and lesser reasons for laughter, but the lesser ones are a gift from Him also. 

If you follow world news, perhaps you’re aware of the deplorable conditions in South Sudan over the past couple of months.

Question from a reader: I will be attending a memorial service for a dear friend’s mother who was not a Christian. Her father is devastated, even though she had battled cancer for nine years. How can I offer hope at such a time?  

The thinking is that since there is no marriage in Heaven (Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25), there will be no procreation and the human race will be fulfilled in number.

Here are a few options.

The Israelites in the wilderness are unbearably similar to us. When their circumstances are good, they see God. 

I am a great admirer of John Newton, and there are few people who I think have better understood God’s grace.