“You evil, lazy slave!” These are the words the master had for the third servant in Jesus’ story recorded in Matthew 25. Each had been given a substantial sum of…

Though we are essentially shaped by our trials, God takes that experience along with all our others to bring about the compound of our being.

Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

We kill and we fill. We fight and we feast. We remove and we indulge.

If we are surprised by the manner in which He answers, then perhaps we have stopped expecting things from God and have started presuming upon Him.