I can’t honestly say I didn’t know better. I went into the relationship with my eyes open. I read the books, watched the training films, even listened…
View More Leaving the DarknessCategory: Devotionals
Devotionals help us to focus on God and our relationship with him. The book of Psalms is a good example of a book of devotionals. Like the Psalms, here you’ll find encouragement for running your Christian race and for journeying through the valleys and mountains of life.
Laugh About the Ruts
My longtime friend and I were laughing about our time in seminary together when he reminded me of his wife’s reluctance about leaving her home…
View More Laugh About the RutsKnow God; Know Peace
On the first day of first grade, I couldn’t read, write, or count past my fingers, but I was already a crackerjack at playing “Cowboys and Indians.”…
View More Know God; Know PeaceThe Kingdom of God is Like…
The Kingdom of God is like Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Have you ever noticed that whenever Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God in scripture,…
View More The Kingdom of God is Like…The Jesus Tomb, Did They Find It?
By now, many of you have gotten wind in the news, read the book, or watched the Discovery Channel special about director James Cameron’s amazing…
View More The Jesus Tomb, Did They Find It?Jeff Walling Books and DVD’s
Jeff Walling received early ministry training from his father who was also a preacher. Walling later earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California…
View More Jeff Walling Books and DVD’sFacing the Fact: I Have An Addiction to Internet Porn part 2
In my introductory column I explained how I was exposed to pornographic material (in the form of magazines) for the first time in my life,…
View More Facing the Fact: I Have An Addiction to Internet Porn part 2Facing the Fact: I Have An Addiction to Internet Porn
It was more than 30 years ago, but I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was a Saturday. My parents were going out…
View More Facing the Fact: I Have An Addiction to Internet PornThe Image of God
“Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26).
View More The Image of GodYou Don’t Understand God? Me Either!
It is hard for me to write Christian non-fiction these days, because it demands confidence in what I believe. It’s also difficult for me to…
View More You Don’t Understand God? Me Either!From Helpful to Harmful
I don’t remember when I first decided that I was afraid of snakes, but as I have grown older my phobia has only become worse.…
View More From Helpful to HarmfulYour Heavenly Citizenship
In whatever countries of the world we live, Christians hold dual citizenship. We may be citizens of first-century Rome, eighteenth-century England, or twenty-first century America.…
View More Your Heavenly CitizenshipHail to the King
What goes up must come down, but not always right away. Consider the case of the human hailstones. As most of us learned in grade…
View More Hail to the KingGrace–The Taproot of Christian Ministry
No question about it! Effective Christian ministry is rooted deep in the grace of God. To begin anywhere else is to begin at the wrong…
View More Grace–The Taproot of Christian MinistryGot Grace?
Paul was a boaster. He boasted, of course, only in the cross of Christ and what it means. There is no boasting on a personal…
View More Got Grace?