President’s Blog Category

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful time! Each year we set aside a day to give thanks with sincerity -- (in other words, to do what we should all regularly do). We stop the hustle of work and activity, gather with family and friends we hold dear, and spend time...

Is balance the objective?  I have often gone through the process of self-evaluation and personal goal planning.  In such sessions, one usually evaluates his or her efforts in the various roles of life, like: how am I doing as a father/parent; as a member/minister...

It is absolutely amazing how controlled we are by fear!  We are afraid of looking stupid in front of other people.  We are afraid of people finding out what we are really like.  We are afraid of others thinking less of us than we desire them to.  We are afraid of...

We have a dishwasher at home. When we returned from Africa in 2003 to serve at Grace Christian University, we stayed on campus for five months. During that time, we began searching for a home. It was to be our first home ever – since as missionaries, we had always...

“Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them. But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the...

“This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to everything written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have success.” (Joshua 1:8 NASB)...

Do you remember when you were a child and you hated doing certain chores at your house? I sure do! I hated to clean the bathroom. I would go in there and look around, to see if it “really needed it.” If I could get by with flushing the toilet once, picking a couple...

Integrity is the total consistency of heart, words and actions with God’s righteous design for you. May God work in each of us to His pleasure as we surrender to Him towards this integrity!

I am absolutely astonished by how much effort and expense is put into the packaging and labeling of products to make them more attractive and desirable for purchase. How many times have you received a gift or package in the mail and upon opening the package, were...