When Curb Your Enthusiasm meets Jesus...

All eyes were on Solomon, the new king – how would he prove his merit? He heard each woman’s argument and probably asked a few questions. What he did next, though, would have everyone scratching their heads, and probably even wondering how to begin impeachment proceedings.

Getting dirty didn’t bother me much, as a boy. And not only could we run around the neighborhood and get dirty in the 70s, we wanted to run around the neighborhood and get dirty. But it bothered mom for some reason I couldn’t understand. I suppose she was cruel that way.

God’s people had been on the doorstep of their promised land 40 years earlier and were days from entering, but on the threshold of His kingdom is not in His kingdom.

If we feel or sense that we do not, or cannot, see God, we should focus our vision even more diligently on what we can see.

How gym shorts, sweatpants and knee-high white tube socks remind us to be Holy to God…

Giving ourselves to God means giving ourselves to His statutes. And in doing so, we are giving Him the praise that is so absolutely due Him, so absolutely pleases Him, and which is so absolutely received well by Him.

I think I might have leprosy...

My name is Don, and I've got a job to do.

The flame of fire from God that ignited the Spirit in the disciples of Jesus still burns in us right now, and we’ve got to keep it lit.

Most of us are familiar with today’s model of seeking forgiveness for sin, that is, confess, repent, be forgiven. Those steps are necessary, but that model overlooks one crucial step…

Wouldn't it be easier if I could, some way, say to someone, "here, just take my fat," and they would?

...the real message is in that encounter between the brothers – Joab and Abishai, a message of leadership and love, from which we can all learn.