It’s impossible to offer destructive criticism and love someone at the same time.
Whereas constructive criticism can be encouraging and helpful to others, most criticism is quite destructive. Destructive criticism attempts to deflect the attention from the real issue, which might be something as basic as jealousy. Destructive criticism takes the attention away from […]

Darwinists keep looking for the missing link. The link they are missing is Christ’s role in creation.

The issue of “origins” is a favorite topic of debate for scientists, philosophers and theologians. If the subject of creation interests you, be careful that you aren’t so engrossed in the theories that you ignore the obvious […]

Teachers and mentors won’t find you; you have to find them.

God sends others to help you grow as a Christian. First and foremost, He sends the Holy Spirit, who “leads into all truth” (John 14:17). The Holy Spirit is part of the supernatural package of your salvation, so you don’t have to go […]

God is more likely to speak to you in a gentle whisper than in a loud voice.
It is easy to see and hear God in the big events of life–like the birth of a child, avoiding injury in an automobile accident, or deciding to change jobs. But monumental or cataclysmic events don’t happen very […]

A person’s name can tell you a lot about them.
We live in a time when family names are not held in high regard. We’re not saying that people are ashamed of their names. They just don’t know much about them. The main reason we don’t take more pride in our family names […]

Be more concerned with how you look to God than how you look in the mirror.

A hypocrite is a person who pretends to be different from what he or she really is. When Jesus was on Earth, there were no bigger phonies than the religious leaders (the scribes and Pharisees). They portrayed themselves […]

Jesus is the greatest person you will ever meet.
Who is Jesus? He is God’s Son, completely perfect yet able to identify with our weaknesses. Jesus is the most extraordinary person ever to live on earth, and God has raised Him up to the heights of heaven, where he is worthy of the highest […]

Be more concerned about the task to be performed by you than the title to be conferred upon you.

Remember the story of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples? (See John 13:1-11). It was the custom to wash the feet of guests who had been traveling on the dusty roads. The disciples […]

Discipline begins with small things done daily.
Mark Twain once said: “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
That’s good advice, whether you want to finish a short-term project, or you desire to […]

God did His part in freeing you from sin; you have to do your part in giving it up.

When you accept Jesus as your Savior, you are set free from the penalty of sin. You are also freed from the control of sin. But that does not mean that you are free from […]