It is hard for those of us who see to imagine how different our world is to those who are blind. I remember talking to Darrell Young, a young blind man who was a member at Palm Beach Lakes many years ago. I vividly remember the day we talked about colors. He knew the names of colors, but I could not imagine…

Don’t you love it when someone brings up something that you did decades ago and reminds you of a mistake that they refuse to put behind them?  No!  You don’t love it!  You likely are hurt by the reminder, frustrated by the blast from the past and long for the time when it is forgotten. Here’s a question to consider: As much…

When Jesus came into the lives of those fishermen from Galilee, His message sounded so different from anything they had ever heard. He did not teach as those leaders in the synagogue. The Sermon on the Mount ends with these words. “The people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (Matt.…

King Saul was a serious disappointment. When we are introduced to him in 1 Samuel 9, he was impressive in his own right. Although Saul didn’t come from a great tribe of Israel, he had a powerful father, and he became the tallest and most handsome man in Israel. But Saul wasn’t just impressive to look at. Saul also had a great…

The devil is the Master of Doubts!  He has mastered the ability to plant seeds of doubt regarding just about everything!  For example: who would have ever thought that someone would doubt what a man is and doubt what a woman is.  That’s the devil at work!  He has all sizes of doubts in his bag—he likes to start with small ones…

If there was ever a Christian who faced hard times in his life, the apostle Paul would surely be at the top of that list.  He listed many of the sufferings that he endured as a disciple of Christ (in 2 Cor. 11:23-28), among which was, “in prisons more frequently.”  When Paul wrote about frequently being in prison, that was before he…

It is hard to get ahead these days. The cost of living continues to rise and wages aren’t keeping up. For many Americans, they are barely getting by. Today, it is being reported that one in four Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. This is an unsustainable way of living. If you drain your bank account between every pay period, you will…

Paul’s description of how saints see the world explains so much about how differently we look at all that is happening when compared to most of those around us. He said, “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are…