Where is your heart? We often struggle with what is valuable and what is not. Faith’s riches are not found in the material things we acquire. Yet we are so tempted to buy in the philosophy “he who has the most toys wins.” In Hebrews 11:26 we are reminded that Moses, “esteemed the reproach of […]

Have you ever given up a good thing for something that was better, even when the “better” was harder? I remember as a young seminary student, I worked on a small estate in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I had an opportunity to participate in something that I thought was a great opportunity for me. I asked […]

Josephus, a first century historian, wrote that Moses grew to be so handsome that passerby would stop to look at him. No doubt the heart of Moses’ mother was heavy as she brought him to the gate of the great palace to give him to Pharaoh’s daughter. But even as she had faith as she […]