Regardless of what shape your marriage is in, it can probably use some work. There are some “simple” things that you need to DO and “simple”  things you need to STOP doing. DO: Talk to (not at) your spouse. Listen (actively) to your spouse. Pray. Read the Bible. Spend time together–while relaxing and on set dates. Be humble. Focus on his/her needs and…

When Israel came to the border of the Promised Land, the ten spies returned with a negative report about the land and “discouraged” the hearts of the people (Deut. 1:28). As a result, the people wandered in the wilderness for 40 years and died off. After almost 40 years, the tribes of Reuben  and Gad sought to settle on the east side…

Some people are like a vortex, in that they seem to catch you in their swirl and gradually draw you into them. Sometimes it’s their personality that sucks you in and drives you to please them. Sometimes it’s their beauty, sometimes it’s their popularity, sometimes it’s their power, sometimes it’s their wealth. And, before you know it, you are thinking like them,…

In fulfillment of prophecy, as Jesus was hanging on the cross, the religious leaders in voices of derision and blasphemy, jeered, “He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him” (Matt. 27:43; cf. Psa. 22:8). But, on that day, in order that we might be delivered by God one day in the future, the Father did not…

1. They hear from God every day through the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16-17)!2. They get to speak to God every day through prayer (1 Thess. 5:17)!3. They have Jesus living in them on a daily basis (Gal. 2:20)!4. They have the continual cleansing of sin (1 John 1:7)!5. They have a peace that passes all understanding (Phil. 4:6-7)!6. They have a church…

It’s interesting how everyone wants to blame God when bad things happen, instead of blaming the ones who cause the bad things–people! As a loving, benevolent God, He created every person with free will–the ability to choose for oneself how to live and what to do or not do. Of course, He wants us to use that free will to search for…

The Greek language has some cool words. Some are cool because they are the basis for some of our English words (like dunamis for dynamite). Some are cool because they are compound words that bring out some interesting literal meanings. In First Corinthians 5:11, Christians are instructed “not to keep company with” a brother who becomes impenitently enslaved to a life of…

A sermon is preached that addresses the topic of racial strife present in our society and the responsibility of Christians to rise above and follow the unprejudiced example of Jesus Himself. In reaction to the sermon, a few of “the black members” (cautiously using a colloquial expression) loved it and thought some of “the white members” really needed to listen and heed…