Why is it that the grass always seems greener on the other side? Other couples seem to be happier. Other husbands/wives seem to have it better. Other kids have nicer parents. Other coworkers have it easier. Other church members don’t have it as hard. Other congregations are happier and seem more blessed. Other people’s lives just look so much better. Why doesn’t…

Hall and Oates sang in the early 1980s about “Private Eyes–They’re watching you, they see your every move, they’re watching you, watching you, watching you.” More than 30 years later, we have NSA surveillance of just about every aspect of our lives, usually without our permission or our knowledge. We are constantly being watched. But, as a Christian, it’s not the Private…

Those who live on the Atlantic coast and along the Gulf shore know what it is like to watch a storm approaching for days (on the weather maps). Before it ever arrives, we can watch its progress and begin to prepare for its arrival. Then, once it  has hit, we know what it is like to just sit and “wait it out”…

What an amazing and thrilling thought that Jesus “sought me and bought me”! E.M. Bartlett’s stirring hymn, “Victory in Jesus,” drives us to marvel. Why does someone seek another? Often it is for some  value that the one sought can provide to or for the one seeking. But, no! Jesus didn’t seek me for any value that I could provide to Him!…

It is a wildly unpopular (and even avoided) verse in the Bible, yet it is still a verse in the Bible! The verse contains words that are (1) inspired of God and (2) easily comprehended. While the application of the verse may make some people uncomfortable, it still must be applied today. In His analysis of proper conduct within the kingdom of…

How deep is your faith? How deep is your faith in God…in Jesus…in the Bible? True Bible faith is an obedient trust in God that believes and does whatever He says, no matter what. Scripture records that Abraham “did not waver at the promise of God,” but he was “fully convinced that what [God] had promised He was also able to perform”…

Our physical health is of such tremendous importance to us that we constantly monitor certain health issues that come our way. We are wary of certain spots on our skin, growths that appear, pains in certain places, problems with our vision, etc., etc., etc. While we realize it or not, we are doing regular self-examinations to keep  ourselves as healthy as possible.…

The Christian life is depicted as a walk (Eph. 5:2-16), a run (Heb. 12:1-2), a war (2 Tim. 2:3-4), along with a number of other metaphors to help us get a “mental picture.” There is an interesting one found in Ephesians 6:12–Christians are wrestlers. The English word “wrestle” (and its Greek original)  is found only this one time in the New Testament.…