Daily Challenges Archive

Bill was 70. He had been doing youth ministry for over 50 years. He trained me as a young staff member. He was still actively running a large, effective, junior-high–school-wide ministry, with no interest in stopping. At one point, I became the na...

I sat at a table yesterday with more than a dozen business leaders. Each was successful and impactful in their own way. They came from a variety of industries, yet each brought a heart that desired to please God and influence a lost and broken wor...

I like change. I love it. I thrive on it. Sometimes I’m too quick to pursue it and seize it. Most of the time I believe it’s God’s leading, but sometimes it’s simply because I want something different, new, and fresh. At times I may be a victim of...

At the very beginning of The Edge Biblical Worldview training, we show a clip for “What About Bob” where Dr. Marvin asking Bob about his marriage. Bob pops up from the floor, looks over the front of the desk at Dr. Marvin, and says, “There are two...

Solomon often refers to those who are wise or who pursue and acquire wisdom. At times, wisdom is representative of God Himself. In this verse, “the wise” refers to a person of deep insight and practical ability—someone who lives with great discern...

Richie and the High Street Rockers recorded a song called Get a Job. The Silhouettes also recorded a song titled Get a Job in the 1950s, which later gained popularity in the 1970s as part of the soundtrack for the movie American Graffiti. There wa...

We’ve all most likely met people who seem to have everything you could possibly want in life and yet seem so dissatisfied. It can be hard at times to understand what is wrong with them. Despite material abundance, they may face internal emptiness ...

There’s certainly no improving on Solomon’s words—specifically because these words are God’s words, delivered through Solomon. That being said, and recognizing that it is only Jesus’ words I would dare add, I believe we could also state the truth ...

There are a lot of things we can be impressed by. Great wealth can be impressive. Sometimes great power can be impressive. I’m often impressed by a person who can overlook a wrong done to them and continue in a relationship with the person who com...

I’ve mentioned before that the older I get, the more confident I am in the sovereignty of God—and the greater the peace it brings me. The first five words here should also bring great comfort to all believers: “The Lord works out everything…” This...

The word soothing in this verse refers to a cure or remedy. It means to bring health and life. What a beautiful truth. Although the word soothing can bring to mind the picture of a mother tenderly speaking to a wounded child, that is not the only ...

There are a few things I can genuinely say I despise. Most of them involve the ugly treatment of other people. I despise child abuse. I despise the tragedies of war. I despise people who intentionally bring pain into the lives of others. I despise...