God’s Treasured Possession
This past spring, I found myself struggling with sadness. No one had died recently. There were no tragic circumstances. I was just downhearted. I made the decision to methodically go through the book of Philippians. Many writers and theologians call it the book of...
Onward Means Upward
Paul and Solomon’s lives followed similar trajectories. Both men could boast high accomplishments. Solomon described his in the book of Ecclesiastes, and Paul listed his in the early verses of Philippians 3. Still, their impressive pasts left both men short of the...
While You Wait
Waiting can be a challenge, even for those who are in Christ, and even for those who have experienced a good outcome from previous times of waiting. We don’t always carry the last victory into the newest challenge. As humans, we have accomplished forgetters. God may...
The High Yield of Contentment
Job the wealthy landowner and Paul the bi-vocational itinerant preacher came to the same conclusion about accumulating riches. Job: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return” (Job 1:21). Paul: “We brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take...