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?...
New Testament Christianity
The New Testament claims to be the source of authority for all we do that is of eternal importance, no matter when or where we live (Colossians 3:17; 2 Peter 1:3, 20–21; 2...
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....
A New Leaf or a New Life?
Nature forms us. Sin deforms us. Schools inform us. Prisons reform us. But only Christ transforms us.
The Bible says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away;...
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...
Dealing with the Devil
An elderly Christian was asked, “Does Satan trouble you about your past sins?”
She answered, “Yes.”
“What do you do?”
She replied, “I tell him to go east.”
“What if he comes back?”
“I tell him to go west.”
“If...