There is an old proverb that states; “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. This refers to the traits of a child that have been passed down from the parents. Some traits are physical: My grandson for instance is a spitting image of his dad. A lot of traits are learned: as children watch…
Well, I suppose that there’s one thing on everyone’s mind today, and it’s not cupcakes. We’re all probably going about our day-to-day tasks, at work or at home, with the same lingering thought cycling through our minds. We may push it away, telling ourselves that there’s no use dwelling on it, that we just need…
Today is the third and final installment of our little mini-series looking at the marks of what makes up a mature believer. To recap part 1 and part 2, we’ve seen from Colossians 1:9-11 that… A mature Christian knows biblical true (1:9a) A mature Christian applies biblical truth (1:9b) A mature Christian desires to please the Lord…
Okay, before you start reading I want you to close your eyes and think of your favorite meal. Or perhaps a meal that you would love to have right now, depending on what time of day you’re reading this. Okay close your eyes and picture that meal…. Have you done it? Okay good! Okay now…
I mentioned in my blog last week that recently I began working through the book of Proverbs with my two older boys because it’s weighed on me lately how necessary it is for them to develop biblical wisdom in these complicated times. As I’ve worked through the first few chapters with them over the past…
Have you ever resonated with the vultures in the animated movie Jungle Book? The scene opens with one vulture asking, “What are we going to do?” To which a quippy vulture response comes, “What do you want to do?” This brings the answer, “I don’t know, what do you want to do?” This goes back…
On July 24th, 2020 my wife gave birth to our first child, Hannah Kelly Overholtzer. We choose to name her after Hannah, the mother of Samuel in the Old Testament because we were inspired by her prayer in 1 Samuel 2. Her prayer reflects that she was a theologian. Our hope is that one day,…
In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the main character Dorothy and a band of unlikely heroes defeated the Wicked Witch of the West. However, each one of the champions including Dorothy dealt with personal struggles of doubt and despair, along with the challenges that flying monkeys and poison poppies bring, until the very…
The National Archives building (NAB) located in Washington D.C. protects the United States’ most foundational, and some would say our country’s most important documents. The U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence, also known as the Charters of Freedom. These documents could be the most closely guarded pieces of paper in…
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