Psalm 23 - “He Restores My Soul”“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul…” (Ps. 23:1-3).Every Memorial Day weekend, a number of people travel to “get away” from the hustle and bustle, the stress and demands of life. Some of them visit family and friends. Others escape to a secluded area near trees and m...

Psalm 23: “...I shall not want.” (What He Provides)“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” If David’s personal experience and testimony of God’s care is like that of a good shepherd, he then expresses the natural outworking of that relationship by saying, “...I shall not want.”Really? You want nothing? I “want” all the time. I'm sure you do too. “Want” is all around us; we all want things. We...

Why Does God Allow Evil and Suffering in the World? The problem of evil and suffering is a question that people have wrestled with in every generation. But compounding the theological problem is the relational problem of Christians behaving badly in response to evil and suffering.Our Theology of Suffering - Is God the Cause?Natural disasters, accidents, and tragedies - are they acts of God as puni...

How Do I Deal with Church Hurt (Without Losing My Faith)?1 Cor. 1:10-13 (also 1 Cor. 3-6)In the New Testament, we see the beginnings of the early church. Paul, an apostle tasked with sharing the good news to Gentiles and responsible for planting many churches is dealing with church division, lawsuits, scandals etc - there was a lot of church hurt right from the start.  So, we are dealing with an a...

1. Is Jesus Really The Only Way to God?Romans 6:23; John 3:16Although this is presented as an intellectual question, it is primarily being asked at an emotional level - we wonder about friends and family members who live very moral lives but aren't following God or someone who believes in a religion other than Christianity.In a world of billions of Muslims, millions of Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, etc...