I've learned that I can't allow myself to watch too much news any more. When I do, the weight of the world comes crashing down on me. Whenever I pick up the Bible, though, I get a different perspective. I am reminded that no matter how chaotic everything is getting, I worship and serve a living God who has promised to return and set things right. The apostle Paul wrote that when Adam sinned, the entire universe was plunged into death and darkness. He also wrote that we have a Savior, a "blessed hope," who will bring salvation and perfect justice to His creation. I don't pretend to know...

"In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell Some books should never have been written. Others need to be written, but they haven't been. This is a book that needed to be written, but we should all wish that there hadn't been such a need. The star of "Lamech's Rebellion" is an obscure Bible character who lived only 250 years after the sin of Adam. Even though the Scripture says very little about this man Lamech, he can teach us a lot about the world we occupy today. The sins he committed look all too familiar in 21st-century America, and the...

This is a book that tells seven stories from the Bible. They come together with a single purpose in mind, which is to teach people why and how to make a personal mission statement. My objective is to help others see their need to keep a narrow focus as they live out their lives. People used to be more productive than they are now, and I believe it's because their lives were simpler. The noise and light pollution created by a hustle-and-bustle world has slowed us down and gotten everyone distracted. The faster our pace, the less we accomplish. But we don't have to live this way. I'm calling on...