Have you ever looked at the blueprints for a house? The complexity and detail that are given to every facet of that house is intriguing! There is a page detailing the plumbing, a page detailing the electricity, a page detailing the walls, a page detailing the roof, etc., etc. The remarkable specificity in the blueprints is only matched by the remarkable precision…

Have you ever received a pass or coupon or some favor on your birthday? Students might sometimes receive a “homework pass” on their birthday, so that they don’t have to do an assignment. Employees might sometimes get to “go home early” (with pay) on their birthday. Customers will sometimes receive coupons on their birthdays from restaurants or retailers. Some Christians have brought…

It is definitely true that “whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6:7). It is true agriculturally, and it is true personally. This works in two directions: one can reap good from some good he has sown, and one can reap evil from some evil he has sown. When we see someone “reap the evil that he had coming,”…

When many of Jesus’ disciples turned and “walked with Him no more,” Jesus asked the apostles, “Do you also want to go away?” Peter responded, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:66-68). Great point! Why would I follow anyone other than Jesus? Why would I listen to any other words than “the words of…

After telling someone some vitally important information that he needed to know, the person said to me, “You’ve got something stuck in your teeth.” Embarrassed, I removed the leafy item, and then came this question, “Now, what we’re you saying?” I had already explained everything he needed to hear in detail, but he hadn’t “heard” any of it. All he was doing…

The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God! The evidence that points to this conclusion is solid and abundant–its unity, its factual accuracy, its scientific foreknowledge, its predictive prophecy and fulfillment. It has been given and preserved by the God of heaven Himself! Therefore, as finite creatures, how can we do anything else than just take it for what it says!…

Take a moment and reflectively read the following character traits from Second Timothy 3. As you read them, answer the question, “Do you know any persons who have qualities like these?” People who are “lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of…

The day is coming on which “we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Cor. 5:10). On that day, what would you like to be holding in your hand, as you stand before your Savior and your Judge? Would you like to be holding a cocktail, a beer or alcoholic beverage of some kind? Would you like to be…