"Christmastime is here," ring the lyrics from Charlie Brown's Christmas. Depending upon whom you ask, however, you will find a variety of opinions regarding exactly when Christmastime begins. In this ...  Read More

By way of introduction, let me just say that this post is being made pretty spontaneously, and so it may not flow as naturally as I would normally intend. If you've been around Bayview Bible Church th...  Read More

Come, behold the wondrous mysteryIn the dawning of the kingHe the theme of Heaven's praisesRobed in frail humanityIn our longing, in our darknessNow, the light of life has comeLook to Christ who conde...  Read More

Megan Basham’s latest book, Shepherds for Sale, has caused quite a stir in the world of broad Evangelicalism. Just hop on the social media platform “X” if you don’t believe me (and do it quickly, whil...  Read More

We are on the brink of autumn. Like it or not, soon the mornings will have a slight chill. The leaves will lose their vitality and die beautifully. Boy deer will take a special interest in girl deer. ...  Read More

If you love God, you will love others. If you love others, you must love them the way God tells you to love them, and those instructions are found and summarized in the Ten Commandments....  Read More

On the Fourth of July this year, I drove my wife and kids up to Hope, Idaho, so that we could visit some extended family. On the way, I pulled up a playlist on a music streaming app that was full of p...  Read More

In case you forgot, the month of June is “Pride Month” in the United States. At the time of my writing this, we are about halfway through this year’s iteration. Of course, you haven’t forgotten, becau...  Read More

The second man in this three-part series in one of my favorites. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t mean “favorite” in the sense that I admire him or his behavior. I simply find his part in the story to be ...  Read More

I love recommending books for two reasons. First, the practice is hopefully helpful to the one searching for goodness and wisdom in printed form, and it is a joy to place a good resource in their hand...  Read More

I was aboard a ship that was among the first to arrive in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January 2010. In a disaster that took several hundred thousand people to the grave, I observed the d...  Read More