I love pie. I don't recall a time that I have ever turned down a piece of pie. I don't fully trust people who feel otherwise about it…

Imagine a measuring stick for life … God does not want you anywhere on that stick …

… The liar tells me to just live happily in the safety of that cerebral fortress of yours, where I can love the illusion of loving everyone at arm's length…

Every morning, I look out the window at the tall, old pine tree in my front yard. The sun’s warmest glow of the day reflects and refracts off the collected dew, causing jewel-like needles to dance in the breeze.

God likes to hear us tell Him how great He is. Why is that? Do we serve an attention-seeking, jealous God? The short answer is yes.

Even as a non-believer and new parent, I agreed with my wife that we should try to find a church. My logic was that my children would benefit from instruction in what is right and what is wrong…

… hadn’t been around much grief. And as a follower of Jesus, I’d spent plenty of time contending for healing, chasing joy, and building my faith, but hardly any time learning what the Bible says about sorrow, death, and loss. …

As I wrote the word “thank,” I had an intrusive, unexpected thought. I’m on the lookout for these intruders. These whispers are shouts from God. …

… Lives will be changed, and our trajectories will be precisely directed to transform us to have the mind of Christ…

Jesus told me that I’m full of joy. I don’t always feel full of joy. Jesus was not a liar, so my feelings must be lying to me…

At 7 AM on Friday, June 29th, 2007, I was standing fourth in line at a small ATT store in Hackettstown, New Jersey. That morning, the Apple iPhone Model One was released for sale . . .

The possibility of earning an “F” in marriage and parenting was starting to look like a real possibility. This is not like a college course that you can drop with no penalties. Depression and anger were at my doorstep.

The full acceptance that we find as believers in Christ can be a challenge to grasp. When I read Romans eight, I’m drawn to the amount of times Paul says the words, “In Christ”. …

This week, as Lydia and I continue our efforts to obtain our Master's degree in Biblical and Theological Studies from Western Seminary, our professor posed this question for our class discussion. What is the danger of having a belief system of the Trinity that flattens the Trinity to an emphasis on ‘Father, Son, and Holy Bible’? What is the practical damage that happens when a member of the Trinity is replaced by something else?

There is a saying, “Nothing changes until you get tired of the way things are.” We can’t change others, and often can’t change our situation, but we can change ourselves …

It's Autumn. The hydrangeas are finished with their decorative work for the season. I’m outside on this cool, crisp day, next to the house, cutting them down and bagging them up.

Two ladies come around the corner of the house and approach. I’m kneeling in the dirt, cutting away at the sea of woody stems. “Are you David Pontzer?” one of them asks.

When it comes to success by the world's standards, most of us are somewhere between homeless and millionaire. Most of us will never be homeless or millionaires. I suspect we all imagine a future for ourselves where we move at least a little in the millionaire direction.

… Then she made a very astounding statement. She said, “I am so thankful I made that choice because little did I know that less than 48 hours later I would have to identify my husband’s dead body, and that was one of the last memories we had.

Our son, who has come to meet us, issues a warning not to use the car horn. He said, “Horn blowing is considered very rude behavior, and no one ever uses the car horn.”

Our heavenly Abba is crafting the perfect set of life experiences necessary for us to learn essential truths about him and to impact the lives of others.