For those who believe in life after death, I would guess that they all expect to wind up in heaven someday. I doubt that anybody is looking forward to suffering for all eternity. The problem is that heaven will be so different from what many people are expecting. Actually, they wouldn’t be comfortable staying [...]
I want to wish every one of you a joyful Christmas! I love the culture-wide emphasis on joy at this time of the year. Even though our land is becoming increasingly pagan, even though so many ignore the real meaning of Christ’s miraculous birth, most try to find happiness in other ways during this [...]
Abortion advocates insist that women also have the right to choose what to do with their babies when they become pregnant. Ironically, they act as if they have no choice about getting pregnant in the first place.
SONY DSC I sold life insurance for several years right after I finished school. I soon learned that it wasn’t an easy job. When you think about it, it is more accurate to call it death insurance. The problem is who wants to not only think about their [...]
As a rule, no one is offended if you speak glowingly of Jesus Christ. That changes, though, when you point out that He is the only way to be forgiven, that He is the only way to be made good enough to live eternally with a holy God. Christianity teaches [...]
Christians often refer to God as “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.” That is a correct statement, but at first glance, we might conclude that the “Son” came from the “Father.” That is understandable when we think in purely human terms. We all know that sons have fathers. Our [...]
Stay Away From Sticky Clay “He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear and will [...]
The Cross’s First Convert Pastor David Scudder “And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”” (Luke 23:43). When we think about a text of Scripture, sometimes we can learn almost as much from what it doesn’t say as from what it does say. So, [...]
Since this may be my last article, I wanted to leave you with a simple message from God’s Word. That message from the Bible is life-changing.
Why do we often long for something NEW?