What it Means to Trust God
We live in unique times. With the COVID-19 pandemic, we are facing challenges most of us have never seen in our lifetime.
Such challenges should encourage us to trust in God. Consider these passages:
The...
In Pursuit of Hope
An S-4 submarine crew became trapped after they were rammed off the coast of Massachusetts. The sub sank immediately. Rescue efforts failed. Near the end, a diver heard tapping and placed his helmeted ear...
The Best Sermon
Many years ago, a farmer had an unusually fine crop of grain. Just a few days before it was ready to harvest, a terrible hail and windstorm destroyed it. The farmer and his son...
By What Standard of Authority?
By what authority do you and I practice the things we do in religion? Consider the following questions:
Is the majority the correct standard of authority? Surely not. Where was the majority in the flood?...
It’s What You Do—Not When You Do It
Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at-bat. Mickey Mantle, at age 20, hit 23 home runs in his first full year in the major leagues.
Golda Meir...
There Is Coming a Day
Believing in the reality of the judgment is motivation: “Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men” (2 Corinthians 5:11). If informed of a coming judgment, how would the great men of...
It Says It Right on the Cover
Holy.
The holy Scriptures
come from the holy God (1 Peter 1:16),
were delivered by holy men (2 Peter 1:20–21),
contain holy precepts (Romans 7:12),
teach of holy things (1 Corinthians 2:13),
were designed...
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...
How to Face Your Golgotha
Read Matthew 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:39–46
Jesus faced the greatest test of faith in His life. He did not look forward to the events that would culminate in His own funeral.
He knew exactly what...
Down to Only One Fear
We need not fear:
Economic Collapse. Whether the breaking of Social Security, a major stock market crash, the mounting U.S. debt, recession, the real estate bubble bursting, bankruptcy, out of control inflation, or job losses....