Like childbirth, the spiritual travail of repentance and its fruits is not pleasant. The bitter heartache of godly sorrow that issues forth in a sincere change of heart and mind toward sin which results in a changed life is necessary if one does not…
Like the giant Goliath, Satan loves to defy the soldiers of God’s army through fear on a daily basis (1st Samuel 17:3-11). How often he pounds on the door of your heart with fear and threatens to kick it down. What a nasty…
One of the most practical definitions I have ever heard in my life is: “Wisdom is learning to look at life the same way God does and then living accordingly.” This definition itself is wise because when all the grains of sand in…
The expectation cannot be stated more clearly: “Let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name” (Hebrews 13:15). Like the light of a lamp (Matthew 5:15), the praise of God is not…
Atheism is foolish (Psalm 14:1) and inexcusable (Romans 1:20). The fingerprints of divine design cover every particle of the land, air, and sea. There is no creature in existence, no star in its course, no path in the sea that does not radiate…
Anthropology is a field of study that seeks to better understand the human race and what is means to be human. Its purpose is to answer the same question that David asked about 3,000 years ago. What is man? Send article as…
A fundamental challenge of every human being is to strive to develop a healthy and accurate understanding of the Being described in Scripture whose name is Jehovah. When David twice exclaims “How excellent is Thy name in all the earth!” (Psalm 8:1, 9),…
For God’s word to exercise its transforming impact, one’s mind must be renewed—renovated or remodeled to think differently (Romans 12:2). This does not “just happen” when one reads the Scriptures. It occurs when a Bible student reads and intentionally digests the sweeter-than-honey…
Many of the great hymns in history have a back story. Such beloved songs as “Let the Lower Lights be Burning” and “When Peace Like a River” arose from tragic circumstances. Send article as PDF
Who of us enjoys instability? Who gets thrilled over the prospect of a ladder, a bridge, a foundation, a home, a marriage, a job, a stock market, or a national government that is unstable? Why bother to take the risk? Send article as PDF…
