4th Day Letters

One of the greatest rock songs of all time was written with absolutely no intention of teaching a Christian message. Yet hidden within its lyrics may be a truth every […] The post More than A Feeling appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Who did Christ die for? Most of us would answer that question the same way. We’d say, He died for me, or He died to forgive my sins. But not […] The post The Question We May Be Getting Wrong appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

What would change if you knew the exact date your life on earth would end? Would your priorities be different? Would your relationships matter more? Would your faith deepen? Today’s […] The post Planned Obsolescence appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Have you ever noticed how we almost always seem to have an explanation for why we did what we did? It was our stress. It was our exhaustion. It was […] The post Flip Wilson Theology appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Who am I? That question echoes through every human heart. We spend much of our lives trying to answer it through accomplishments, relationships, possessions, politics, religion, or success, all while […] The post I Am appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

At one time or another, we have all experienced something blocking our view. Perhaps it was a stop sign behind an overgrown bush, a car coming around a bend you […] The post Obscured Vision appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Some Christians look at a bare Cross and see only the wood. Others look at a Crucifix and see the body of Jesus. In both cases, something of the raw […] The post The Covered Cross appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered where you fit in this very large universe? At one time or another, most of us have. One moment […] The post On The Road Of Experience appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Over my past fifteen years in this ministry, and countless discussions with Christians around the country, I have discovered that there is something revealed in the Lord’s Supper that many […] The post Hidden in Plain Sight appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

If you have ever spent time with a young child or grandchild, you have probably played the simple game called peekaboo. Someone hides their face behind their hands, a blanket, […] The post Peekaboo appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Let’s face it, at one time or another we’ve probably all become lost while driving. Most of us don’t get lost because we failed to plan. We get lost because […] The post Leave the Driving to Us appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

This is one of the most difficult 4th Day Letters I have ever written. I’ve tried to measure every word carefully. Today, I am writing about suicide. Suicide has felt […] The post Unimaginable Pain and A Loss For Words appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

The other day I was driving down the road running a few errands when one of my favorite songs from the 1970s came on the radio. Anyone who has ever […] The post Love Is the Answer appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Most of us have heard the song Mr. Bojangles. Few of us have noticed how much of our own story is hidden inside it. We remember a time when joy […] The post When the Dance Returns appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

A few weeks ago, my daughter called early one morning and handed the phone to my five-year-old grandson Lincoln. In his enthusiastic little voice he asked, “Papa, can we go […] The post A Lesson From Lincoln appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Every year St. Patrick’s Day arrives with celebration and tradition. But when that celebration lands in the middle of Lent, it raises an interesting question. What does a saint known […] The post Beneath the Green appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Some lives look too damaged to matter. Too marked by failure to be useful. In today’s message, we reflect on a famous artist whose personal life was deeply troubled, yet […] The post The Light That Still Gets Through appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Most of us carry patterns in our lives that did not begin yesterday. Certain reactions, comforts, preferences, and struggles seem to follow us year after year, even when our desire […] The post Understanding the Role of Adolescent Brain Mapping appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.

Many of us have experienced a moment in our faith so powerful, so peaceful, so unmistakably God-filled that we quietly wished it would never end. Perhaps it happened on a […] The post When the Mountain Is So Beautiful We Want to Stay appeared first on Broken Door Ministries.