God Must Love Giggles
A second-grade school teacher observing her little charges on the playground thought, “God must love giggles.” He wants us to be joyful.
As Christians, we have so much to...
The Same Seed, The Same Plant
The seed is the Word of God (Luke 8:11).
It makes no difference how long that seed has been stored. Even if it was preserved from a crop a thousand years ago, wherever and whenever...
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...
The “Weakness” of an Almighty God
God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, and ever-present (Psalm 139:1–16; 1 John 4:8). He is Almighty God—the perfect Being.
Paul’s statement, then, is unusual: “Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness...
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...
God’s Amazing Grace
In his historical novel based on the life of Lincoln, Gore Vidal pictures a cabinet meeting when it was evident that the South would be defeated and Lincoln’s advisors began to make plans for...
The Privilege of Knowing God
Paul confided, “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have...
What is the Significance of “Jehovah” as God’s Name?
Names are important. It is difficult for us to conceive of things apart from their names. The many different names for God in the Bible describe and demonstrate His character.
Some Things You Might Not Know About God
Knowing God is like drinking the ocean or counting its sands, or walking its waves. It is not really in the realm of possibility.
We know only what He has revealed (Deuteronomy 29:29) and even...
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...