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1. Good Words for Today: September 22

“God has deep pockets full of mercy.” Mark Pritchard

2. Good Words for Today: August 8

Integrity doesn’t need an audience.

3. Good Words for Today: August 7

“I’d rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught His disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.” Dwight L. Moody

4. Good Words for Today: July 10

“One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.” J. C. Ryle

5. Good Words for Today: July 9

“O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee, For Thou, in Thy atonement, Didst give Thyself for me; I own no other Master, My heart shall be Thy throne, My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for Thee alone.”   “Living for Jesus,” by Thomas Chisholm, 1917

6. Check Out the “Literal Word” Free Bible App

I just downloaded a brand-new app called Literal Word. Even though I use (and enjoy) Bible Gateway, YouVersion, and Bible.Is, Literal Word is my new favorite for doing quick Bible study on a verse or a passage. Based on the NASB, it enables you to learn the meaning of each word in the text. It’s a […]

7. Good Words for Today: April 23

“Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God” (Romans 12:19 LB). “Seeking revenge turns us into perpetual victims. Revenge makes you go through the hurt over and over again. You never really get over it. Ultimately, it drags you down to the sewer where your enemies dwell. While you are staying up late at […]

8. Good Words for Today: March 21

“I only pray when I am in trouble. But I am in trouble all the time so I pray all the time.” Isaac Singer.

9. Good Words for Today: March 20

If hell is real, the kindest thing we can do is to warn people about it. What they do with that information is up to them, but at least we ought to tell them the truth.

10. Good Words for Today: March 19

”Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling.”

11. New Message: “If God is Good, Why Do I Hurt?”

Check out our new message called If God is Good, Why Do I Hurt?. This message is Chapter 8 of the new edition of “Keep Believing.” We need this because we’ll all do some “furnace time” eventually. Click here to sign up for the free email sermons.

12. Good Words for Today: January 15

The next time you feel the need to brag about what you’ve done, pay attention to that faint cracking sound. It’s the thin ice beneath your feet that is about to give way.

13. Good Words for Today: January 13

“I preached myself, the scholars came and praised me. I preached Christ, the sinners came and thanked me.” Bernard of Clairvaux

14. Good Words for Today: January 4

It is sometimes said that we should not doubt in the darkness what we learned in the light. It is equally true that we must not forget in the light what we learned in the darkness.

15. New Year’s Eve Update from Ray and Marlene

Marlene joins me for this New Year’s Eve update.

16. Good Words for Today: November 23

“I am persuaded that men think there is no God because they wish there were none. They find it hard to believe in God, and to go on in sin, so they try to get an easy conscience by denying His existence.” C. S. Lewis

17. Good Words for Today: November 22

“When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.“

18. Good Words for Today: November 21

You’ll never regret being kind today.

19. 30 Thanksgiving Sermons

We’ve put together a page with 30 sermons appropriate for Thanksgiving. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare sermons and Bible studies or simply to increase your own gratitude to the Lord for all his blessings. Enjoy! #GiveThanks #Thanksgiving #KeepBelieving Click here to sign up for the […]

20. Update on Advent Devotional: “Christmas Promises”

Update: I’ve been working all week on “Christmas Promises,” our brand-new Advent devotional ebook. This year we’re going to take a journey though the promises of God that came true because of Christ’s birth. We’ll start with the promise of peace on December 1, and continue on through the promise of a Savior on December […]

21. Good Words for Today: October 31

“What riches of kindness he lavished on us His blood was the payment, His life was the cost We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.” Matt Papa

22. Good Words for Today: October 5

You can no more save yourself than a dead man can raise himself.

23. Good Words for Today: October 4

You are no match for Satan, but Satan is no match for Jesus. If you want victory, stay close to Jesus! 

24. New Booklet: “Five Keys to Unlocking God’s Will”

We have just released our latest booklet called “Five Keys to Unlocking God’s Will.” I wrote it because all of us have moments when we need God’s guidance regarding a relationship, a business decision, or a major expenditure. Our choices really do matter. We make our decisions, and our decisions turn around and make us. […]

25. Good Words for Today: September 24

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.'” Erma Bombeck