When biblical parenting meets today’s legal system, Christian parents face difficult questions. Discover what Scripture teaches about discipline, how Ohio law approaches corporal punishment, and the lessons one father’s experience can teach us all.
After nearly a year of separation, I reached the place where I believe my marriage is dead. But Scripture reminds us that God has always specialized in bringing life to dead things, from the valley of dry bones to Lazarus to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is an honest reflection on grief, faith, and learning to trust God when hope feels gone.
I’ve spent seasons convincing myself I was waiting on God, when in reality I was avoiding the next step out of fear. Here’s what Scripture taught me about faith, courage, and the difference between trusting God and delaying obedience.
What does God say about work? In this heartfelt letter to my sons, I share biblical wisdom, personal failures, family history, and life lessons about diligence, discipline, providing for a family, and finding our identity in Christ instead of our careers.
Every father hopes his children will know how deeply they are loved. This is the second in an ongoing series of letters to my sons, a collection of lessons, memories, failures, victories, and biblical truths I pray will guide them long after my voice is silent.
At 38 years old, one month married, I found out my LAD — the artery they call “the widow maker” — was 99% blocked. My doctor told me someone was watching over me. This is the story of the warning my father never got, and what I’ve done with it since.
Two months ago I quietly stopped watching the news. No politics, no outrage, no scrolling. Here’s why I walked away, what I learned about why the world is this loud, and what I filled the silence with instead.
I wear a Scripture bracelet every day, and I still struggle to read my Bible consistently. If that’s you too, here’s where I’d start — and why forgetting what you read doesn’t mean it didn’t work.
Today I’m going to walk into a room, out in the open, and worship God. Somewhere else in the world, that same act can get someone imprisoned, kidnapped, or killed. On America’s 250th, that’s worth sitting with before the fireworks start.
This is the first in an ongoing series of letters to my three sons. It’s a father’s heartfelt testimony about faith, mistakes, hope, and the prayer that they would always keep Jesus Christ at the center of their lives.
“Oh, he reads godly books now.” Said with just enough of a smirk that you’re not supposed to notice it landed. Living your faith out loud costs you something — sometimes people, sometimes comfort. Here’s what I’ve learned about staying Christlike through it.
Every Fourth of July we celebrate political freedom, but Jesus offers an even greater freedom. In this personal devotional, discover how God’s truth exposes sin, breaks the chains of fear and shame, and sets us free to find our identity in Christ, not in the opinions or approval of others.
Our culture often tells us to walk away. The gospel often calls us to move toward people. Part three explores the difference between forgiveness, trust, healthy boundaries, and reconciliation while pointing us back to the heart of God.
You can know every verse, say all the right words, and show up every Sunday and still never answer the one question that actually matters. Have I truly surrendered to Jesus? This is not about fear and it is not about pointing fingers. I am asking myself first.
Jonah rejoiced when God showed him mercy, but became angry when God showed mercy to Nineveh. Could the same thing happen in our hearts? Part two explores God’s grace, self-righteousness, and the uncomfortable truth that God often transforms us before He changes our circumstances.
