"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15) I am sitting in my favorite chair, looking across the family room at the gifts that are already under the Christmas tree. It is true that my cat has already tried to unwrap them, and many are now...
Last week, in "Lessons From Jesus' Trial," Part 4, we learned from the courts of Herod that just because something is physically possible for us doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. We must always examine our motivation, and when our motivation is purely personal...
You are all familiar with the story. God asked Abraham to give up the thing that was the most precious to him in the whole world: He had to lay the promised son, the same one he had waited over 25 years after the promise to receive, to say nothing of the 75 years...
The world is engaged in a battle. Every time you turn on the news, you see evidence of the physical battles that seem to be mushrooming out of nowhere. But the world is engaged in an even larger battle than these physical ones, the battle between good and evil....
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." (2 Cor 15) Last Thursday, on Christmas Eve, in "The Indescribable Gift," Part 4, we saw that integral parts of Jesus' "Indescribable Gift" include receiving His Spirit, receiving His healing for our broken hearts, and...
I was walking out of a local library recently when I heard the most wonderful sound in the world. It was children laughing. The Kindergarten class had just gone out for recess on a warm, Autumn afternoon. They were running, shouting, and playing with all the joy...
Have you ever wondered why our efforts at evangelism don't always have their desired effects? Why the world doesn't embrace the gospel message? The answer is actually quite simple: "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds...
The gospel message is so fantastic. Why is it that the world isn't running to embrace the gospel? The answer is actually quite simple: "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded..." (2Cor 4:3...
Last week, in Building Solomon's Temple, Part 2, we discovered that we prepare the building of our heart-temples by giving of all that is precious to us to the Lord. But are there lessons we can learn from the actual construction of Solomon’s temple? Every new home...
Last week, in The Grass is Always Greener, Part 1, we saw that the greener grass mentality is thoroughly engrained in our human nature and is at the root of every sin known to man. But is there any other reasons for avoiding this mentality? I fell into the "Greener...