Occupation: Author Birth: June 23, 1954
A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ. As he face….
Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us..
Your children should love the Lord, work hard, and experience the joy of trusting God. More important than leaving your children an inheritance is le….
Materialism blinds us to our spiritual poverty. Jesus rebuked the Laodicean Christians because although they were materially wealthy, they were despe….
The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try.….
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want..
When my thirst for joy is satisfied by Christ, sin becomes unattractive..
There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it..
In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse..
Give sacrificially. We don't like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we've re….
Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief l….
When you leave this world, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn't keep? Or will you be recognized as one who i….
When our eyes are set on eternity, the news that someone has come to know the Savior means a great deal more than the news of a salary raise or the p….
The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home..
Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven. Each day brings….
Seek the Lord and give God the opportunity to provide through other means before you take out debt..
By trusting Christ's redemptive work for us, we can enter into what we long for: the happiness found only in God..
Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring….
This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a gre….
Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have el….
If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our ….