Joseph Did Everything Right. It Got Worse Anyway.
Joseph did the right thing and life got worse. His years in Potiphar’s house and prison show how to remain faithful when God’s answer feels delayed.
Joseph did the right thing and life got worse. His years in Potiphar’s house and prison show how to remain faithful when God’s answer feels delayed.
Gossip may seem harmless, but Scripture warns of its destructive power. From spreading rumors and damaging reputations to dividing families and destroying friendships, the Bible makes it clear that gossip is a serious sin. Discover what God’s Word teaches about guarding our tongues, seeking truth, and refusing to fuel the rumor mill.
When the same family blowup keeps replaying, an apology isn’t enough. Here’s what Joseph, Judah, and Peter taught me about boundaries, real change, and restoration.
Sometimes my greatest enemy is the man staring back at me in the mirror. In this humorous yet deeply personal showdown between Old Brian and New Brian, I wrestle with faith, forgiveness, marriage, fatherhood, and the daily battle between the flesh and the Spirit. Two versions of one man, seven rounds, and one question: Will I follow my feelings or trust God’s Word?
Why do we sometimes hurt the people we love the most? Inspired by Chip Ingram’s sermon, this personal reflection explores what James 4 teaches about selfishness, pride, broken families, forgiveness, and the difficult road toward reconciliation.
Family estrangement is becoming increasingly common, but is something deeper happening? From the misuse of psychological labels to the growing acceptance of cutting people off, I examine how division destroys families and why biblical truth, repentance, and reconciliation matter more than ever.
Jacob walked away limping, but he did not walk away without God. Looking back at missed moments, fatherhood, and decisions I wish I could make again, I am learning that grace gives us a reason to live differently today.
Forty years after its publication, Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness remains a captivating Christian classic. Revisiting the fictional town of Ashton more than 30 years after first reading the novel, I explore its timeless portrayal of angels, demons, prayer, and the unseen battle between good and evil.
Another heart episode sent me to the hospital, where a book about Jacob helped me confront my stubbornness and remember that God never gives up on us.
What happens when someone becomes so convinced they’re the victim that they can no longer recognize the truth? Victim Fantasyland explores the dangerous world of self-deception, blame-shifting, bitterness, and the refusal to accept responsibility through the lens of Scripture.
After losing my father at twelve, I learned how quickly ordinary moments become lasting memories. Now, at 55, I’m learning why we must tell the people we love what they mean to us while we still can.
: Inspired by the ’90s Christian rock band Reality Check and their song “Masquerade,” this article explores the masks we wear to hide our struggles, sins, bitterness, and fears. From self-deception and unwise counsel to repentance and forgiveness, discover how God’s grace gives us the freedom to stop pretending and live authentically before Him.
God used Behemoth and Leviathan to remind Job who was really in control. Through Chuck Swindoll’s teaching in Job, we discover an uncomfortable truth about pride, surrender, and the kind of repentance we would often rather avoid.
Christians can fail, disappoint, and sometimes live nothing like what they preach. I’ve been part of that problem too. But before you walk away from Christianity because of imperfect people, take an honest look at Jesus for yourself.
A Caribbean cruise gave me more than time away. Through family moments, beautiful islands, unexpected frustration, and a stranger’s prayer, God reminded me to slow down and stop missing the life already in front of me.
What happens when nearly everything you built your life around is taken away? This is my creed: I will not surrender to sin, bitterness, or despair. I will repent, forgive, stand firm, and continue following Christ, even when following Him costs me everything.
Is Halloween really harmless fun? A Christian look at Halloween’s history, pagan and occult influences, costumes, trick-or-treating, spiritual darkness, and why October 31 gives believers something far greater to celebrate: Reformation Day.
Today my youngest son, Alex, turns nine. Although I can’t be with him on his birthday, I want him to know how deeply he is loved, how proud I am of him, and how many memories of our years together I still carry with me.
Fear can keep us trapped in endless “what ifs” about health, finances, relationships, our children and the future. Scripture reminds us that God has not given us a spirit of fear. We can live wisely without allowing fear to control our lives.
Everyone gets angry, but we don’t all express it the same way. Gary Chapman’s Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion helps us recognize how we handle anger and learn to respond righteously instead of allowing anger to control us.
We often want justice, vindication, or the chance to prove we were right. But what if what we really need is truth? Jesus said the truth will set us free—and sometimes freedom begins when we’re willing to face the whole truth, even when it is uncomfortable.
We cannot go backward and recover the days we have lost, but lost time does not have to be the end of the story. A letter to my boys about restoration, fatherhood, and trusting God with the days still ahead.
We spend a lot of time trying to understand, change, or fix other people, but healthy relationships begin when we allow God to work in us. Here are biblical lessons about grace, understanding, comparison, forgiveness, and loving imperfect people.
Closure doesn’t always come with answers, apologies, or reconciliation. Sometimes it means owning our mistakes, grieving what was lost, forgiving what we cannot change, and trusting God enough to move forward.
Galatians 6:1–10 gives practical instructions for everyday Christian living: restore others gently, bear one another’s burdens, examine yourself, take responsibility, plant good seeds, and don’t grow weary in doing good.
I had a week where everything on my calendar got done — work, church, family, even a blog post. Then I sat still for ten minutes and asked myself when I’d last actually spent time with God instead of just running errands for Him. The honest answer changed how I think about what “faithful” actually means.
Running from Mercy by Anthony J. Carter changed the way I read the story of Jonah. It’s not really about a giant fish, it’s about God’s relentless mercy, His pursuit of sinners, and the uncomfortable truth that His grace extends to people we may not think deserve it.
I went back and read my own writing — and realized God hasn’t been vague with me. The problem was never that I didn’t know. I knew. Here’s what conviction demands once you run out of room to keep just nodding along.
After a year of spiritual battles, I’m beginning to recognize the enemy’s tactics. This week, when another bizarre situation unfolded, I did something unexpected: I laughed at Satan.
Spiritual warfare doesn’t always arrive loudly. Sometimes it begins with stress, anger, bitterness, exhaustion, and the small cracks we leave unguarded. Scripture shows us how to recognize the battle, resist the enemy, and stand firm in Christ.
Inspired by Steve Taylor’s “Jesus Is for Losers,” this personal reflection looks at why Christianity really is for losers, not as an insult, but as the heart of the Gospel. We are all sinners who desperately need the grace and salvation found in Jesus Christ.
Satan is real, demons are real, and spiritual warfare is real, but Satan is not God. Scripture reveals his limitations, his schemes, and the invisible battle around us while showing Christians how to stand firm through truth, faith, Scripture, prayer, and the armor of God.
There’s a difference between carrying responsibility and quietly believing everything depends on you. I didn’t cross that line all at once — it happened one flat tire, one phone call, one missed evening at a time. This is what I’m learning about the difference between being faithful and trying to control the outcome.
Sometimes adversity comes in waves. After learning of a friend’s son’s devastating accident and facing continued struggles at work, I’m reminded that we may not understand what God allows, but we can still pray, give thanks, pursue peace, and trust Him through it.
What we believe about God changes how we respond to suffering, uncertainty, injustice, and unanswered prayer. This personal review of Chip Ingram’s God: As He Longs for You to See Him explores seven attributes of God and what they have taught me about trusting His character when I don’t understand His plan.
In Luke 15, the prodigal son returns home expecting judgment, but his father does something extraordinary, he runs to meet him. Inspired by the song “When God Ran,” this reflection explores repentance, grace, forgiveness, and the incredible love of God.
Can you love someone and hate them at the same time? Through David, Absalom, Psalm 55, and my own broken marriage, I wrestle with love, betrayal, anger, compassion, forgiveness, and the danger of allowing hatred to have the final word.
Almost twenty years ago, a child-support mistake led to a warrant, jail, job loss, and more—even though I had the receipts. This is what that season taught me about false accusations, forgiveness, and trusting the God who always knew the whole story.
False accusations can damage reputations, relationships, and lives. Chuck Swindoll’s teaching from Job offers powerful biblical lessons about staying calm, speaking truth, trusting God, and refusing to let accusations define you.
Church attendance doesn’t save you. But you weren’t built to follow Jesus alone either. What one sentence from my ten-year-old daughter taught me about why we need each other.