Daily Challenges Archive

In today’s world, perhaps because of movies and television, people with physical strength seem to have an edge in life. They are the superheroes, spies, and detectives who typically solve the crimes and save the day. When Solomon talks about the w...

Earlier today, I was reading an article about famous and powerful people and the impact their mothers had on their lives. Some of them were well known, like Abraham Lincoln and Coco Chanel; others were less well known but equally influential. We a...

When I worked with teenagers, it was not unusual to be in a conversation where a young person expressed frustration over why God was against them having fun. I admit that religion has often labeled things as sin that God never did. However, many t...

Indifference is never specifically listed as a sin in the Bible. However, ignoring the needs of others and showing a lack of love for both God and our neighbor certainly fits that definition. In this verse, Solomon warns against the sin of indiffe...

If something appears in the Bible one time, is it important? Of course. In these devotions, I have occasionally mentioned that God wastes no words. Every word in Scripture comes from the eternal Creator of the universe. It should be all we need. I...

My friend Jay told me the other day that he knew why he never won the lottery. That made me curious, since the odds of winning the lottery are pretty much one step short of impossible anyway. He went on to explain that he believed he never won bec...

There is a long list of CEOs, artists, and celebrities who are notoriously known for being mean and abusive. Perhaps you have worked for one. After dealing with one such person, I remember a friend who was also a friend of his telling me, “He’s a ...

The implication in this verse is that before an issue turns into a quarrel, we know it’s about to happen. We are aware that emotions and conflict will be the result of what we are about to get into before it happens. That means we either have hist...

This is one of the most encouraging verses in the Bible, at least as we grow in both understanding it and experiencing it. I believe that very early in our walk with Christ, during that time of powerful grace and God’s intervention that allows us ...

I was talking with a friend the other day about a tense relationship in their family. As we discussed the interactions with the other person, they told me how that person’s conversations tend to go from very direct to very confrontational, and eve...

I was meeting with a business owner the other day, and we were talking about how his company was growing as a Biblical Worldview company. During the conversation, he talked about how blessed he was to have leaders on his team whom he could trust a...

It is so easy to read this verse. It is so easy to quote this verse to ourselves and others. But the reality of raising children these days is that it can be a very difficult challenge. This verse talks about the intentional, loving correction of ...