I’ve been asked, “Do you think God changes His mind?” Maybe you have been asked this or something similar. This is a loaded question. Answering it takes careful discernment of the reason for the question. This question can have more emotional context than intellectual. A Christian or someone seeking God may ask this question when living in the setting of a certain sin. They may say something like, “The Bible was written thousands of years ago and the times have changed so muc

I’ve heard several stories of evangelical Christians—especially young men—converting to Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. Many shrug and say, “Hey, we’re all Christians. Calm down!” I reject that perspective. When an evangelical (i.e., Bible-believing Christian) leaves for a non-evangelical church, it is grievous. Why? Paul is crystal clear: we cannot distort the gospel. If we do, we stand under God’s curse (Gal 1:6–7). In our “easy come, easy go” age, this warning soun

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of discipleship is Jesus calling his disciples to follow Him. This well-known encounter is when Jesus first told them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:17). Yet, discipleship is not something only found in the New Testament. Our understanding of discipleship is incomplete if we do not understand its early seed form in the Old Testament. You see, the New Testament is a continuation of the Ol

The God who created the universe also sustains the universe. By extension, the God who created you also sustains you. Moment by moment, day after day, season after season, whether you know it or not, God guides and directs your every step. This is true for both Christians and non-Christians. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you believe—your life is not some random compilation of events. On the contrary, your life is a story written by God Himself. The chapters of your li

Last weekend I was at my parents’ place building a stall for our foals we need to start working with. As I was putting it together and thinking through what would make halter-breaking them easier, I remembered an old technique—tying a young horse to a donkey. It actually works well, though I feel bad for the poor donkey, being tied to another animal that pulls and fights for hours. As I was reflecting on how donkeys are often used for such difficult tasks, my mind went to a c

God says in Heb 13:4–5, “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” Marriage is a covenant created by God reflecting His covenant to us. God created the marriage bed to be holy, sanctified. He has set boundaries for our protection, joy, and most import

A new young politician has been making waves in the Democratic Party. His name is James Talarico. He just won the Texas Senate Democratic primary near Austin. His appeal to many comes from his “Christian” values. He’s a current seminary student, talks about learning Hebrew and Greek, and uses biblical language in his speeches. For example, in his victory speech this last week, he said, “My grandad was a Baptist preacher in South Texas, and he told me at an early age that we f

A central pillar of contemporary counseling protocol goes something like this: to get to the “root” cause of people’s problems, the counselor should explore a person’s past to find any trauma they suffered in their childhood that causes their contemporary issues. Anger issues? That problem might stem from having a neglectful father. Marriage problems? That stems from the bad communication methods you learned as a child. Afraid of commitment? Your boyfriend broke your heart in

Any given Sunday, those attending church come to worship God and hear His Word taught. Most bring their own Bible. Some of us carry a printed Bible to church; others follow along on a tablet or phone. If you don’t have a bible, please come see me—I want everyone to have a copy of God’s Word in their hands. Some have their Bible given to them as a gift—perhaps at baptism, when they professed faith in Christ, or from a loved one who wanted to mark a meaningful spiritual milesto

In a recent survey of Americans’ religious beliefs (Pew Research, Jan. 2026), 54% believe in God, 44% say they pray daily or more, and 52% believe in heaven and hell. We would want those percentages to be higher, but we can find some encouragement here. Now for the discouraging statistics in this survey. Only 25% say they attend religious services weekly or more, with 49% saying they seldom or never attend religious services. Ouch! What can we learn from this? What are the re

I heard this week that Spain plans to recognize half a million undocumented immigrants. From one news outlet: “Spain’s Socialist-led government is preparing to grant legal status to roughly half a million people now living and working in the country without documentation.” Part of the reasoning for this decision relates to economic needs in Spain. The same article reads, “Spain’s decision was partly in response to fears that the ageing native-born population won’t be capable

In John 18:38, Pilate asks Christ, “What is truth?” Ironically, even as Pilate asks the question, truth incarnate was in his presence. Pilate recognized enough of the truth to know that Jesus was innocent—three times stating, “I find no guilt in this man.” Sadly enough, then and now, truth is quickly sacrificed in the pursuit of power, greed, scoring points against an opponent, or any number of other vices. In the case of Jesus, it was just more expedient for Pilate to condem