This is Going to Sting a Little
Life has internal stings as well-broken hearts, crushed ambitions, crashed dreams. These usually smart for much longer than the kind nurses inflict. Do you ever wonder, "Why me, Lord? I'm a Christian. I walk...
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...
You Can’t Scratch Out the Eyes of God
Once there was a little girl who lived on a large farm way out in the country. Almost everything the family ate was raised on the farm. Apples in the fall were a great...
Beatitudes for Teachers
Blessed are the teachers who set a good example before their students in all things: for they are worthy members of a great calling
Blessed are the teachers who know their subject: for their students...
Three Concerns of a Good Teacher
Teaching is serious business, especially when the subject is religion. That doesn't mean that teaching should be dry, severe, or always sobering, but it does mean that teachers of God's way must realize the...
Do We Speak Up?
Consider the famous quote by Martin Neimoller which came out of the time of the Holocaust:
“In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then...
Three Arguments for the Existence of God
Evolution has fashioned gods of its own design and named them Mother Nature and Father Time.
James Hewitt tells of a family of mice who lived in a large piano.
In their piano-world came the music...
Evidences of Jesus’ Death
As strange as it may sound, some unbelievers—in order to get around the miracle of the resurrection—have denied that Jesus actually died on the cross. Let’s explore the evidence…
The precipitate cause of Jesus’ death...
But Before That…
In 1992, when Governor Kirk Fordice stated unreservedly, “America is a Christian nation,” the response bordered on hysteria.
But before that... Congress declared 1983 to be the “Year of the Bible” and stated that the Bible,...
What’s So Great About Following Jesus?
Jesus gives hope—the hope of eternal life.
Unlike many people who stumble through life with no direction, Christians have a goal, and a way to accomplish that goal. Faithful saints know they are headed toward an incomparable...