Tom Chadwick told himself that he was making as much noise as a blind bear crashing through the tree branches and underbrush. He had lost the trail some time ago, but that wasn’t stopping him. His goal was the summit of the mountain, and if he just kept going up, […]

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does […]

There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you—-for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. ECCLESIASTES 7:20-22 Seeking wise […]

The fifteenth century’s Renaissance Humanism movement began as Italian do-it-alls, or as Leon Battista Alberti suggested, “A man can do all things if but wills them.” Believing man to be the center of the universe, it was natural to chase “all knowledge” in pursuit of becoming what the Greeks called […]

All kinds of animals . . . have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. JAMES 3:7-8 So many things in God’s creation lead us to curiosity, fascination, even awe. For example, have you ever been to Sea World, the circus, or a zoo? It is […]

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. PROVERBS 27:17 Everybody wants success in life, but few people structure for it. They want all the benefits and trappings of success, but they’re not always willing to do the hard work necessary to achieve success. In this verse, the writer […]