Gospel meetings are a tremendous opportunity for the growth of your soul, and unfortunately at the same time, the growth of your girth. Having two buffet meals every day for lunch and dinner, complete with those tasty desserts, makes it hard to resist going just a little overboard. What if you could have two buffets every day for the rest of your…

When we think about the topic of “denying” in Scripture, we cannot help but think first of Peter’s three-fold denial of Jesus while the Savior was on trial (even denying “with an oath” and “to curse and swear” for emphasis and credibility). When we think about denying the Lord from that standpoint (with such vehemence), we shudder at the prospect of doing…

If you tell your kids “I love you” every day, after a while it is going to lose its meaning and it will not be as special as it should be. It would probably be better to reserve those special words only for special occasions — just tell them once a month, or just tell them on their birthday and Valentine’s Day.…

A soft…moist…fresh…chewy…chocolate chip cookie. Mmmmm! Mmmmm! Mmm! Now, just give it a slight hint of warmth… Mmmmm! What if someone could get celery (so healthy; so good for you; so rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals; so low in calories) to taste like a fresh-out-of-the oven chocolate chip cookie? Wouldn’t that be an incredible invention — taking that which is good for…

I wish the fries at Five Guys didn’t taste so good! But, at the same time, I’m so thankful that they do! Mmmm! While baptizing the ends of my fries into ketchup today, I looked at the bags of potatoes stacked at the front of the restaurant. Idaho  Potatoes packaged for Five Guys with this tag — “Specially Selected for French Fries.”…

God does not conceal at all what is required for one to be approved by Him; He makes such abundantly clear in His Word, even going so far as to even use the word “approved” so that we wouldn’t miss it. To be “approved” of God, here are two things that we must do. The first one is found in 2 Timothy…

With the changes taking place in the Catholic Church and the “shake-up” at the top–with “the head” of the Church resigning and the process of installing a “new head” beginning–let us be reminded of and rejoice in the simplicity of New Testament Christianity. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus built His church (Matt. 16:18), died for His church (Eph. 5:25) and “purchased [His…

Have you ever heard someone (or maybe it was you) respond to the Bible’s requirement of baptism, “Well, that just doesn’t make any sense! How can that have anything to do with being saved? So, you’re saying that if I’m not baptized that I will still be lost? I can’t accept that”? For just a moment, consider if the blind man in…