Category archive: Christian Living
Tips for Bible Reading Accountability Groups
Bible reading becomes so much richer when you’re able to meet with people and share together what you’re getting out of the Word. Forming an accountability group where you set a reading plan and meet each week to share from the reading and check in on each other is a great way to grow with…
Was Solomon Truly Wise?
Even most non-Christians have heard of the wisdom of Solomon. They have heard of the story where Solomon gave the wise ruling for the two prostitutes who were fighting over a baby (1Kings 3). Solomon was heralded by those around him as the wisest of his time and is thought of as one of the…
What Gives Us Worth
One of the struggles serving the kids over the past 13 years has been wondering if what I’m doing is really effective. My staff and I have seen kids grow up from kindergarten to now high school graduates. We’ve witnessed kids go through highs and lows. We’ve seen some good fruit from our labor, but…
Why Do We Love?
What motivates someone to love someone else? If it’s because there is excitement then the person probably isn’t being compelled by love but rather like or infatuation. People can say “I love you” pretty early in an exciting relationship, but the truth is they really mean, “I really really like you right now.” Love is…
When Nothing Seems to Work
The book of psalms in the Bible is often thought of as a book of joyful songs and uplifting praises to God. But the truth is the book is filled with honest expressions of grief, sadness, loneliness, and even despair. The psalmists were very real with God with their hurt. And in most psalms at…
The Greatest Gift We Can Give (4th Basketball Camp)
While serving the kids over the years here in Korea I’ve learned that the greatest gift I can give the kids is love. Big gifts, nice meals, comedy shows, amazing camps, new clothes, and other things are all nice, but without love behind them they can all end up empty. What these kids are truly hungry…
Fear of Man
Fear is essentially faith in the wrong things. Fear is a belief that something or someone is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Fear can intimidate, silence, suffocate and even paralyze its victims. Fear can cause people to silently endure injustice and pain and never confront or cry out against their captor. Fear…
Why Marry?
I was asked a few weeks ago by someone, “Why Marry?” “Why should we get married?” My response was one I don’t think she expected. I gave her two reasons. The first reason was this: “You should marry because you have love to give.” When I was a teenager there was a lovely older couple at…
Cling to What is Good (a visit from an old friend)
Last Tuesday a boy who graduated from high school and left the children’s home in 2014 returned to the home to try and find me. I had started teaching him English back in 2006 when he was in 5th grade and enjoyed spending time with him until he graduated and left the home. Along with…
Feeling Resistance to God and the Church
Ever just not want to go to church on a Sunday? Or feel a strong resistance within yourself to avoid the prayer meeting or small group meeting? Pretty much every Christian has felt this at some point in their life. It’s one thing if the feelings of resistance are rare and only when you’re really tired…