Abraham obeyed God even though he did not know exactly where God was leading him. Hebrews says that “by faith” he went. He left behind what was familiar because he trusted the God who had made the pro...  Read More

There is something remarkable about a wedding. Guests gather, music plays, and tears are shed — all to celebrate something that has not yet happened. The vows exchanged at an altar are not a report of...  Read More

There is a phrase that has worked its way into the cultural vocabulary of sports fans, business leaders, and motivational speakers alike: "Trust the process." The idea is simple enough. Commit to a pl...  Read More

Imagine your family was given a giant box of LEGO bricks and one challenge: build the greatest city in the world. What would you add? Huge skyscrapers? Roller coasters? Robot helpers? Maybe every hous...  Read More

The people at Babel wanted to build something great and make a name for themselves. Their problem was not that they were creative or skilled. Their problem was pride. They wanted security, glory, and ...  Read More

In 1858, when President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria exchanged the first official transatlantic telegram, a Georgia newspaper declared with breathless optimism: "The East and the West are one. An...  Read More

Have you ever made a huge mess and wished you could erase everything and start over? Maybe you were drawing a picture, building with LEGO, or playing a video game when everything went wrong. Sometimes...  Read More

The flood gave the world a fresh start, but it did not change the human heart. After Noah left the ark, God still said that the human heart was drawn toward evil. Our deepest problem is not simply our...  Read More

There is a moment in the story of Nicky Cruz, the feared leader of a 1950s Brooklyn street gang, that stops you cold. Standing face to face with a preacher who had come into his world uninvited, Cruz ...  Read More

Have you ever looked at a family tree? It starts with parents and then branches out to children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Genesis 4 shows us two family lines. Cain’s family built cities...  Read More

The opening chapters of John describe our world much like Genesis does. God made the world good, but sin brought darkness into it. Genesis 4 shows that darkness spreading as Cain murders Abel and viol...  Read More

Biggie Smalls once painted a picture of a world unraveling. In his 1994 song "Things Done Changed," he described what it felt like to watch a community he loved collapse around him. Barbecues and bloc...  Read More