Most decisions as a Christian are not that hard. Some folks might tend to make them hard (like a child who makes a household chore a harder task than it really is), but they are not actually “burdensome” (1 John 5:3). But there are some decisions that are quite hard. Some decisions (to become or to remain faithful as a Christian) require true sacrifice. Some…

King David found himself in a tempting situation with Bathsheba—he should have walked away, but he walked into sin. Balaam intentionally put himself in a tempting situation to gratify the king—he should have never been there. Joseph was in his workplace but found himself alone with a woman who was not his wife, who was enticing him—he fled and ran outside. Christian friends, our…

Have you ever read a book and thought, “So-and-so would really like this”? Have you ever gone to an event and thought, “So-and-so should have come—they would have loved this”? Or, maybe you’ve thought, “I wish so-and-so was here—this would have been really enjoyable together”? As Christians, we, no doubt, think something like that often about our friends. In 1969, Kurt F. Kaiser wrote a hymn…

The old Yellow Pages. Some remember them well. Some have no idea what a “Phone Book” even was. The Yellow Pages were a printed telephone directory of businesses in a local area, which was organized by categories and provided their addresses and phone numbers. The slogan, “Let your fingers do the walking,” was created to encourage residents to flip through the directory (provided free of charge)…

When you set out to resolve a conflict with a brother or sister in Christ (i.e., to be “reconciled,” as Jesus instructed in Matthew 5:23-24), you should have a clear goal in mind and even seek to communicate that goal. The goal should not be oriented toward “selfish ambition” (Phil. 2:3), but it should be focused on the health of long-term Christian relationships…