Sometimes people will ask me, “I really feel like I’ve been struggling with my faith lately and I’m not as close to God as I used to be.  I want to start reading some parts of the Bible that will help me strengthen my faith.  What do you recommend?”  That’s when I sometimes ask, “When was the last time you read the…

You would think that I would learn, but so far I haven’t.  It has been my habit for many years to grab my keys, wallet and pocket knife every morning.  (Each one has its own pocket.)  Without fail, I do this every day before I leave the house.  Most of the time when I fly, I remember to pack my pocket knife…

The word “ceasing” is found five times in the New Testament (NKJV).  Perhaps we know 1 Thessalonians 5:17 the best of these five occurrences, “Pray without ceasing.”  Paul gave a command to his brethren to pray, and to do so with a heart that was always ready and active (“without ceasing”) to approach God with any matter.  But what about those other…

When the three Hebrew young men refused to bow down to Nebuchadnezzar’s image, he was not pleased (to say the least!).  Certain men told the king, “You, O king, have made a decree… There are certain Jews…[who] have not paid due regard to you.  They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up” (Dan. 3:8-12). …

When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, the evil one was identified by three different “names” on that occasion.  “Jesus was led…into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matt. 4:1).  As “the devil,” he is our accuser and slanderer.  “Now when the tempter came to Him” (4:3).  As “the tempter,” he is the tester, the enticer, the try-er of our…

Hiring our fourth secretary in five years is quite a process, but it’s made me realize that no matter how things might change they remain the same.  We have a newer copy machine than five years ago, but it still makes copies.  We are reproducing CDs and DVDs now instead of cassette tapes, but it is still the same gospel being spread. …

Driving down the interstate, with the rain coming down and the blades wiping, a spiritual application came to mind.  There is a road that we are traveling down as Christians – the strait and narrow way, the Highway of Holiness.  There is someone who is trying to distract us by constantly dropping things in our way – the devil.  Sometimes we run…

The very thought of preaching “another Jesus” seems absurd!  The general thought is that one either preaches Jesus or he doesn’t preach Jesus…he either believes in Jesus or he doesn’t believe in Jesus.  How is it possible that someone could preach but preach “another Jesus”? Paul warned the church at Corinth, “For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have…