Don’t Visit – Stay

There’s a difference between walking somewhere and living there. You can walk through a neighborhood without calling it home. You can visit a city without moving there. That’s the difference between walking in truth and abiding in truth. Walking describes what I do. Abiding describes where I live. I can make a truthful decision without truth having transformed me. I can […]

Conceal and Carry

(The weapon every father should have with him.) Men fight. We fight for what matters to us. We fight to provide. We fight to protect. We fight to build something. We fight to keep the people we love safe. There’s something in a man that wants to stand between his family and whatever might hurt […]

Are You Helping Your Friends—or Making It Worse?

Eventually, somebody is going to tell you about somebody. A marriage that’s struggling. A friendship that’s falling apart. A family member who said something they shouldn’t have said. A coworker who crossed a line. A church member who hurt them. And when they tell you, they’re going to hand you something fragile—their side of the […]

Still Standing

“…and after you have done everything, to stand.” — Ephesians 6:13 We have a funny way of defining victory. We think victory means the battle is over. The prayers have all been answered. The sickness is gone. The relationship has been restored. The temptation has disappeared. The conflict has been resolved. The smoke has cleared. Then […]

When Getting Up Seems Impossible

“He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” — Psalm 40:2 Last time we talked about how the righteous fall, but they rise again. But what about the days when rising feels impossible? What about […]

I Can Do This All Day

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling…” — Jude 24 At first glance, that verse almost sounds impossible. Because if we’re honest, we’ve all stumbled. We’ve said things we wish we could take back. We’ve made decisions we regret. We’ve walked through seasons that left us wondering if we’d ever feel […]