Fear results in fight or flight. Anxiety creates doom and gloom. Fear is the pulse that pounds when you see a coiled rattlesnake in your front yard. Anxiety is the voice that tells you, Never, ever, for the rest of your life, walk barefooted through the grass. There might be a snake...somewhere.

Gratitude develops faith. The surest path out of a slump is marked by the road sign "thank you, God."

God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.

We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase "save his people from their sins," but Joseph would have. He was familiar with the Hebrew language.

Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.

Jesus came to save us from our own sins.

There are some people that say I need to be more academic in my teaching, I need to be more disciple developing focus, probably true. But where my heart is, is with people who are just passing through difficult time. I want to put literature in a form that is accessible for people who don't particularly read books.