When I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: 1 Samuel 15:29Do all things really work together for good? Consider the following: A little baby is born with no brain, only […]
Text: Genesis 50:20Before we can understand what it means to be holy, we must understand what it means to say that God is holy. In many ways holiness is God’s central attribute. One writer actually defines it this way. “Holiness is that which makes God God.” Dr. Renald Showers calls it “the foundational truth of revelation.”
Text: Isaiah 6Whenever dreams, visions and supernatural signs are discussed, three questions immediately come to mind. Number one, are such things really […]
Text: Numbers 12:6-8In making a tough decision there comes a time when we must take a step of faith and leave the results in the hands of the Lord.
Text: Proverbs 3:5-6In 1988 something new happened in the American political process. That year, for the first time in a long time, […]
Text: Exodus 13:21-22; Psalm 48:14The year was 1915. A young man in Liverpool, England was preparing to return to America . He was a […]
Text: Exodus 13:21-22; Psalm 48:14This passage contains important news regarding our suffering. It is temporary, educational and ultimately beneficial. Knowing this won’t make our suffering go away, but it gives us a perspective that helps us to keep believing in the midst of hard times.
Text: Romans 8:18-27Our story begins in 1833 when a man named Joseph Kettlestrings, an Englishman from Yorkshire, arrived in the Chicago area. […]
Text: VariousIn your marriage and in your Christian life, it’s not law but love that matters: The law says, “You must.” Love says, “I want to.” Before you come to Christ, you are on a continual performance standard, trying to do more in order to win God’s approval. But through Christ you discover that God loves you in spite of your failure.
Text: Romans 7:1-6