Thoughts from the Heart
He Has Not Left that Open to Us
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a...
No Games With God
Human beings play games with each other. I'm not talking about games like baseball or golf. I am thinking instead of those generally called "mind games."
You have either played them, have had them played...
The Problem Everybody Has but Nobody Talks About
Hans Christian Anderson’s short story “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is about two weavers who promised an emperor new clothes that would be invisible to anyone unfit for his position. They made no clothes at...
Lead Us Not Into Marshmallow Temptation
The ability to resist temptation—to delay gratification and to control one’s urges—is one of life’s great success skills.
God is Pruning Me
God loves me. God delivers me. God sustains me. God listens to me. God prunes me?
What Saul Saw When He Couldn’t See
During these three dark days, Saul “saw” a lot he had never seen with his eyes open. The eyes of his understanding were opened (Ephesians 1:18).
What did Saul see when he couldn’t see?
What Jesus Told Me to Tell You
Just before returning to heaven, Jesus pointed a nail-scarred hand at a world for which He had just died and told His followers to “go.”
The message they were to take was the simple gospel....
Blessings in Disguise
There was a single survivor of a shipwreck who was thrown upon an uninhabited island. After a while he managed to build a crude hut in which he placed the things he had salvaged...
Should One Believe the Bible?
Clearly a lot of people don’t believe it is reliable. What are the facts?