4th Day Letters

This past week marked the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the American experiment. Americans celebrated freedom with flags, fireworks, parades, cookouts, and gratitude. Readers in other countries may mark freedom differently, but all of us...

One of the greatest rock songs of all time was written with absolutely no intention of teaching a Christian message. Yet hidden within its lyrics may be a truth every Christian needs to hear. Could a classic rock anthem contain a profound lesson about faith, prayer,...

Who did Christ die for? Most of us would answer that question the same way. We’d say, He died for me, or He died to forgive my sins. But not so fast, my friend. That may not be the right answer. Or at least, it may not be the deepest answer. There may be something...

What would change if you knew the exact date your life on earth would end? Would your priorities be different? Would your relationships matter more? Would your faith deepen? Today's message explores the surprising spiritual lesson hidden within a concept called...

Have you ever noticed how we almost always seem to have an explanation for why we did what we did? It was our stress. It was our exhaustion. It was our childhood. It was our spouse. It was social media. It was the full moon. And sometimes, as Christians, we even trace...

Who am I? That question echoes through every human heart. We spend much of our lives trying to answer it through accomplishments, relationships, possessions, politics, religion, or success, all while quietly wondering if anyone truly knows us beneath the masks we...

At one time or another, we have all experienced something blocking our view. Perhaps it was a stop sign behind an overgrown bush, a car coming around a bend you couldn't quite see, or even a fogged windshield during a storm. In moments like that, even ordinary things...

Some Christians look at a bare Cross and see only the wood. Others look at a Crucifix and see the body of Jesus. In both cases, something of the raw reality has been removed. What are we missing? Find out in today's message. For Christians, the Cross stands at the...

Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered where you fit in this very large universe? At one time or another, most of us have. One moment we feel like we finally know who we are and where we’re going, and the next moment we feel lost again, searching for...

Over my past fifteen years in this ministry, and countless discussions with Christians around the country, I have discovered that there is something revealed in the Lord’s Supper that many people have never fully noticed. Most of us know exactly what Jesus said during...