By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.12/28/2021God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. …Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! (Psalm 46:1, 10) Children can say the funniest things. Several years ago, we took our children to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. By nearly unanimous vote, the favorite event was bull riding. The...  Read More

By J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.04/11/2019Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col 3:2)Lately I have been thinking about the importance of perspective.  In many ways, our contentment or pleasure in life comes down to our perspective.  If we focus our thoughts and attention on the trials of life—all that is negative, disappointing, frustrating, hurtful, difficult, stressful—we are likel...  Read More

By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.03/14/2019“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:13-14)A true story out of the heart of Mexico tells of a broken relationship between a man and his son, Paco. As the story goes, the two had been estranged for more than five ye...  Read More

By: Dr. J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.09/13/2019Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. (Psalm 119:24)In this era where feelings and emotions reign supreme, we often find ourselves justifying our actions based upon the subjective criteria of experience.  Feelings are the standard used to verify everything from theological views to political positions.  I recall a discussion in which one of my ...  Read More

By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.1/05/2020For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again… (Proverbs 24:16)The New Year is traditionally a time of high resolves and emotional commitments.  When we turn the calendar page from one year to the next, we naturally think of new beginnings…fresh starts…a chance to try again.  Whatever difficulties and despairs, failures and flaws, that filled the previous t...  Read More

By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.October 19th, 2012Some 700-800 years before Christ, the nation of Israel faced the darkest hour in its history. The people had completely forsaken God.  The rule of law was virtually non-existent. Worship of false gods was rampant, as was ritualism, hypocrisy and internal strife.  It was a terrible time for the nation that led ultimately to the defeat of its capital city Sama...  Read More

By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.January 14, 2010And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24:6-7)The calamitous events in Haiti this week have left the rest of t...  Read More

By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.December 17, 2012Like most of you, I presume, I find myself unable to get the horrific events that took place this past Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut out of my mind. I just keep thinking of the terrified children and grief-stricken parents.  It is all so very, very tragic.I attended elementary school myself in nearby Danbury, so this tragedy h...  Read More

Most people are familiar with the term “normalcy bias,” or as it is known in the field of psychology, cognitive bias. The concept was introduced in the early 1970s by psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman after studying perceptual bias in problem-solving. In short, normalcy bias is a coping mechanism that blinds people to the truth even when it is right in front of their eyes. It is sometimes called “analysis paralysis” or “the ostrich effect” because it prevents people from recognizing the seriousness of a situation.  Read More

“For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore, you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.” (Malachi 3:6)  Read More

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who watches his way preserves his life. (Proverbs 16:17, NASB)  Read More

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)  Read More

Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1)   Read More

LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart; he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD… (Psalm 15:1-4)  Read More

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. (2 Timothy 3:1)   Read More

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7)   Read More

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are silly children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.” (Jeremiah 4:22)   Read More

Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. (1 Samuel 4:21)  Read More