Imagine someone coming into your workplace or your home and tearing the place up, throwing everything on the floor, breaking everything in sight and just making a complete mess. What would you think of that person? How much would that bother you? Take a moment and consider these words very carefully, “He who is slothful in his work is a brother to…

What is it that brings you satisfaction? The answers to that question are endless. There are certain things that we “do for ourselves” that satisfy. But, many have found the real treasure. They have discovered the true and pure satisfaction that comes in “doing for others.” Rather than waiting on someone to call you to see how you’re doing, do you call…

As a major hurricane is forecast to strike, there are often two very different reactions. For some, it seems that panic sets in. Their own personal Terror Level reaches DEFCON 1 and everybody else had better watch out. For others (on the other end of the spectrum), they are rather nonchalant about the whole thing. If it comes, that’s fine. If it…

One of my favorite Greek words is found in 1 Peter 2:21. In fact, this is the only time the word is found in the Greek New Testament. The English text says, “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.” The word “example” in this verse (for what…

It is perhaps not a word that we think of very often, but it should have our attention. Christians are specifically commanded at least three times in the New Testament to “put off…malice” (Col. 3:8). In the other two passages, we are commanded to “put away…all malice” (Eph. 4:31), “laying aside all malice” (1 Pet. 2:1). Underscore the word “all” in these…

When catastrophe strikes, where is God? When the unexpected happens, where is God? When your world has been upended, turned upside down and then shaken really hard, where is God? We have been trained by our society to look for someone to blame when bag things happen, and so God is often the object of unfounded censure and criticism in hard times.…

So, do you have a pair of eclipse glasses? What are you going to do with those now? They were good for watching the eclipse, but what now? They are pretty much useless to you now! What else do you have in your life that is no longer of any value to you? Are you carrying around anything that you should have…

During a total solar eclipse, the moon “gets in the way” of the sun, so that an object that is 400 times larger than the moon cannot be seen. In some places, people will experience 100% coverage of the sun. In other places, there will be partial coverage. For too many Christians, we are like the moon in this scenario. Too often…