I inherited a weak stomach from my mother. As such, I’ve had several stomach issues and had to endure endoscopy several times. Once, I...

When we were first married, we attended a marriage seminar. John Trent and Gary Smiley authored that seminar, although they didn’t teach...

Some speeches stand out compared to others. “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Gettysburg Address” by US President Abraham...

Indian Christianity is, in some way, ancient. I like that about it and am saddened that Western or modern Christianity is destroying it....

We usually associate Jerusalem’s and its temple’s destruction with AD 70 and Titus, Emperor Vespasian’s son, who later became the next...

Donkeys were essential commodities in the Ancient Near East. People rode on them, used them to carry merchandise, and plowed the fields...

Zacchaeus’s story is a popular one (Luke 19:1–10). So, I will not expand on it. Instead, I will focus on the parable Jesus gave following...

Words matter. Mark Twain said, “The difference between the almost right word andthe right word is really a large matter. ’tis the...

Once, I heard a comedian say, “People have three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.” Over the past decades, we have...

Several kids grow up in diverse cultures—the military kids whose parents constantly change locations, the pastor kids who move from...

In 101 Dalmatians, one of the puppies, Rollie, says to his mother, “I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant.” That’s an exaggerated...

Deuteronomy means “the second law” (from Greek deuteros “second” and nomos “law), more precisely, the second time the law was recited....

Many cultures operate on a principle that sociologists call ascribed and acquired honors. For example, Queen Elizabeth’s family or...

My pastor said the following joke. A man in the church, “Tom,” was always there early, rearranged the furniture, helped anyone in need,...

We can easily get discouraged when we pray for justice and don’t receive it. It’s not new; even David wondered why the wicked prosper...

I love riddles. Someone recently asked, “What’s always in front of you and can’t be seen?” The answer: “The Future.” If you read versions...

The death of someone we love leaves a void that could never be filled. Time will lessen the blow, but never heal. I lost two brothers....

Psalms of Solomon is an apocryphal book not found in evangelical Bibles like the NIV or ESV. It’s a collection of eighteen psalms written...

A common strategy among protestors is to speak louder than their opponents. Sadly, sometimes, some people use this strategy in debates,...

In Indian schools, I stood when the teachers entered the class and waited to sit until they said so. Going to college in the United...