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What “tools” do you use in living the Christian life? Several options immediately come to mind: Bible study (one might even peg the Bible as a spiritual toolbox), prayer and fasting, hymns, fellowship with other Christians, etc. This week I have reflected on some of the tools that have been meaningful to me over the…

Does this thought ever cross your mind, “God will take care of me?” I read this week about a child named Howard who his mother awakened one evening. As the story goes, she asked if he would like to see the comet (Halley’s Comet). He got up, dressed quickly, and went out with her into…

Brain fog and mental stress affects everyone. We are all looking for ways to create more meaningful lives that include less “chaff” to distract us. This is especially important when one is working toward academic achievements such as those offered by NationsUnivesity. Most NU students study and hold down a job, building a family, and…

LIVING WITH CONTENTMENT By Guest Author, Tom Nuckels, Lifeline Chaplaincy Are you living with contentment? Recently, I was speaking with a group of spiritual care volunteers on Zoom. We meet each Wednesday morning for a “virtual coffee.”  One shared how she had decided to stop talking about how bad things are and to begin to…

God’s sovereignty, what does he mean by God of gods if there is only one God? He means exactly that in Deuteronomy (10:17). The special covenant name of God in biblical Hebrew is Yahweh. In English translations, it is spelled LORD, but typically with smaller capitalizations. It can mean “He is” or “I am” depending…

Reengineering the Christian life will not be easy. I worked in the corporate world for some 30 years before transitioning to the vocation of Chaplain. My fundamental skill set began as a “production engineer” in the oil fields. That led to project management and, ultimately, financial analysis. Toward the end, I spent a year serving…

A Christian Response is necessarily different from a worldly response. My friend, Raymond Key, has shared the following article by Scott Sager. It speaks of how Christians might respond to the events of the past few weeks in America. It looks forward to the momentous coming week when a new President is installed.  I am…

Believe and do is not just a catch phrase. In a sermon this past week Mark Abshier of the MacArthur Park Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas suggested that the Bible doesn’t have a single teaching that does not affect how we should live in life. I think he is on to something. Numerous teachings in…

Nearer My God to Thee: “To be near God is my happiness” was this past year’s theme for one of my friends, Drew Woods of Sugar Land, Texas, where he pastors a large church that has been affected by the COVID-19 virus. Pastor Woods used this theme in his sermons almost every week of 2020.…

Focus on the family: I have observed a lot of families during my first 75 years of life. They have been amazingly diverse, yet also similar. One thing they hold in common is a desire that their children be given the best possible preparation for life. Everyone wants their children to have the opportunity for…