Daily Challenges Archive

In the last two days, I’ve experienced this truth in some very poignant ways. Life is incredibly unpredictable. Transitions—whether involving life and death, careers, family, or any other adventure that comes with this thing we call life—seldom, i...

I pause every time I read this verse, checking to make sure it doesn’t represent me. Hopefully, my time in Proverbs is not useless. In this chapter, Solomon spends much of his energy talking about how to handle challenging people. The lazy, the go...

I’m going to the memorial service of a friend today. Her husband is a close brother with whom I have worked side by side in ministry for a number of years. I love them both. I grieve with her husband as he ponders why God would take the love of hi...

A number of years ago, I taught the career class at Auburn University. It was a fun experience, and I met some amazing students who were trying to figure out their journey. Many of them were wrestling with decisions about their major and their fut...

Casting a glance at your financial situation does not mean it is not a legitimate concern. As a matter of fact, Scripture also encourages being a good steward of what you have been blessed with. It is hard to do that without paying some attention ...

I recently had a very visual experience that illustrates what Solomon is talking about in this passage. Yesterday, on our trip to Sarasota, my son’s girlfriend, who is a sea turtle specialist and researcher, took some of my grandchildren to the be...

Recently, I heard one of my favorite comedians doing a routine about getting into disagreements with his wife. It was very entertaining, and the conclusion was that, no matter how hard he argued, he always ended with the admission that she was rig...

I have eight grandchildren. If you have grandkids, you know what an amazing testimony they are to God’s desire that life must go on. I’ve mentioned before how much fun they are and how they constantly amaze and surprise me. The other day, I was in...

Thankfully, it’s not a prerequisite that you have to be poor to be blameless, nor are all the rich people those with perverse lips. We can probably all agree that it is foolish to speak perversely. At least, we certainly should. This is typical of...

When I was in high school, there was a musical making its way around churches that included a song that went, “There’s power in the name, power in the name, power in the name of Jesus.” Solomon is basically telling us the same thing here. Although...

We often see and hear this verse when someone is talking about their closest friends. That is quite an honor—to be known as that kind of friend. The depth of this truth goes to places some of us don’t even realize exist, at least not until we actu...

When my kids were young, they spent a couple of years at a Christian school. Part of the attraction was that they taught every subject, from science to P.E., as a reflection of our Creator. They taught math with a foundational understanding that i...