Children are wealth.

The American Reformer event’s been the highlight of my week. Solid folks doing solid work, and pulling together quite the cast of characters while they’re at it.

Lust is a road to destruction. In 2 Samuel 13, Jonadab provides Amnon with a strategy for realizing his lust toward his sister, Tamar. John Trapp summed up Jonadab well: 'A friend no friend; a carnal friend, a spiritual enemy, who advised, for the recovery of the body, the

The Slow Death of the Well-Suited Couple I went to high school in the ’90s, out in rural Indiana. I was involved in sports, so I got to know a good number of people from surrounding counties—places where everyone had a well pump, a church, and at least one cousin they didn’t

There once was a rascal named Foxe, An exceptionally curious boy. He dashed through the grass, Past the dog’s scattered toys, And grinned like a kid with a ploy. He zipped past the trampoline springs, While the birds chirped incredible things. With the rooster on guard, And

The Pietistic Jesus-Juker He’s always there. Always watching. Always waiting to strike. A newlywed gazes into the bright blue eyes of his bride and says, “I love the light I see in your eyes.” But out of the bushes jumps the Jesus-Juker: “You should say you love the Light of

Christians often assume they must first earn the right to share the gospel with someone, that they need to make repeated relational “deposits” before making any kind of “withdrawal.” But this isn’t the pattern we see in Jesus or the Apostles. God hasn’t just permitted us to

Wallace once said, “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” He was right. A mother’s influence shapes not just her children but generations to come. The virtues cultivated in the home, patience, courage, faith, and love, echo outward into

The first few mins of Deep Space Nine is top notch 90s sci-fi drama. Here I stand.

I’ve never thought of teaching as just passing along data or information. Sure, it involves facts, logic, and clarity. But if that’s all it is, you’re not really teaching. You’re just transferring files. Teaching, especially in the pastoral sense, runs deeper than that. At its

Your kids want to know your stories.

Happy birthday, America!

The next of my books to hit the press will be published by Founders Ministries and is the first in a series of “devotionaries” on books of the Bible. I’m reworking my sermons into short, 800 to 1,100-word chapters designed for family worship. Not quite a commentary, but more than

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Please join us at this year's Blue Collar Confessionalism 2025 "The World Right In Front of You" Conference! Hosted by Michael Foster , with our good friends Keith Foskey and William Wolfe 🇺🇸 among others speaking. See you there!

On Discernment, Justice, and the Work of Hearing Both Sides “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.”—Proverbs 18:17 There’s a kind of wisdom that doesn’t say much at first. It listens. It waits. It doesn’t leap. That’s the kind of

Hey, The Why Files (AJ) my daughter is a huge fan of you and Hecklefish! You are this generation’s George Noory, Unsolved Mysteries, or X-Files. Appreciate your evenhanded dealing with the topics! Always warm, always interesting. We pray for you! Thank you.

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Frankly, even when I’m on vacation, I dedicate at least 90 minutes each morning to answering emails for both my day job and the church. I just get up early before my family or if I must I stay up late. If you’re leading any organization, you have to stay aware of the condition of