Five Bible Pictures of Hope
The Bible uses five pictures to help us understand hope. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then five pictures are worth a whole sermon full of words.
Hope is light—to help us see...
The Anchor of the Soul
No one who knows what can happen at sea would go to sea in a vessel that carried no anchor, even if it were the greatest and most modern ocean liner afloat. Circumstances might...
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...
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?...
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...
Bounce Back
What is the difference between people who thrive and people who decline over a long period of time?
It is not that they do not get knocked down; it is that they bounce back up....
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...
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...
Hope is Powerful
A Lot Can Happen
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year—on the condition that if he did not succeed,...