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Stone To Flesh
God refuses to decorate dead hearts. He raises them.
I know how easy it is to ask God for a cleaner version of the old me. Fix my mouth while I keep the pride that feeds it or calm my temper while I guard the bitterness that keeps it warm....
Christ Lives Here
Heaven’s King has made His home in fragile people.
He walked with me, went before me, forgave me, guarded me and waited at the end of the road. Still, some hidden part of me treated the Christian life like a lonely climb, as if Jesus had s...
The Anger We Cheer
The fight happened on a road. The real damage exposed itself in the comment section.
The video is hard to watch. A pastor crosses four lanes of traffic to confront a man. Before fists ever fly, his own words tell us where his heart has gon...
The Last Goodbye
Death is a thief, not a king.
A funeral has a way of making life tell the truth. The guest book is open. Flowers sit beside the casket. The room smells faintly of perfume and lilies. People whisper, hug and wipe their eyes with folded tiss...
Texas Just Put the Bible Back in Public Schools. Good.
June 29, 2026
Once the Word of God enters the classroom, it falls where God sends it. It sinks deeper than lesson plans and reaches places no policy can see.
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Daily devotions from a rural pastor in the Ozarks—one verse, one story, one prayer. Baptist Press named one of my articles the No. 1 most-read story of 2025!
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