What Does the Bible Say About Pride? Why God Resists the Proud and Gives Grace to the Humble
Drive past a wheat field in late August, just before harvest, and look closely at the heads of grain. The ones that filled out well[…]
Learning Contentment: What the Bible Says About Being Content in Every Season
Out in farm country, you’ll often find an old rain barrel sitting under the corner of a barn roof. In a wet spring it runs[…]
Why Does God Feel Silent? What the Bible Says About Unanswered Prayer
There is a stretch of every spring when a farmer has nothing at all to show for his work. He put the seed in the[…]
A Root of Bitterness: What Hebrews 12:15 Says About the Thing Growing Underneath
Key takeaways: Hebrews 12:15 warns of a “root of bitterness” — hidden, growing resentment planted by a real offense that, left unchecked, springs up to[…]
Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters: Sowing for a Harvest You May Never See
Key takeaways: Ecclesiastes 11:1 commands us to ‘cast thy bread upon the waters’ — to send out something valuable (provision, labor, the gospel) without demanding[…]
The Race Is Not to the Swift: What Ecclesiastes 9:11 Says About Time, Chance, and Your Best-Laid Plans
Key takeaways: Ecclesiastes 9:11 observes that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong — because ‘time and chance happeneth[…]
Make Every Day Count: Living Each Day for the Kingdom of God
Key takeaways: Making every day count means redeeming the time — buying your hours back from a world that wants to waste them (Ephesians 5:15-16),[…]
Not I, But Christ: The Freedom of Christ-Esteem Over Self-Esteem
Key takeaways: Christ-esteem — “not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Galatians 2:20) — is the biblical answer to the self-esteem debate, freeing you from[…]
Be Still and Know: Entering God’s Rest in a Friction-Filled World
TL;DR: To be still and know (Psalm 46:10) means ceasing from self-effort and trusting God’s finished work. Hebrews 4 warns that many saved Christians never[…]
Diligence, Deception, and Dependence: What Proverbs 21 Teaches About Work and Trust
Most Christians feel pulled in two directions when it comes to ambition. One voice insists hard work is the answer—rise early, plan thoroughly, push past[…]