Death can’t be cheated, but it can be defeated.

As much as we’d like to avoid the subject of death, it’s hard not to think about it. Is death the final curtain? Or is it possible to cheat death? Is all this business about living forever a bunch of nonsense, or is it […]

You will learn more from adversity than from prosperity.
Here’s a question about God that’s at the top of everyone’s list: How can a loving God allow pain and suffering and evil? That’s a legitimate question, and you should be ready to answer it (warning: it’s not easy).
God did not create evil or […]

Beautiful music is achieved not because the entire orchestra plays the same instrument, but because the different instruments are playing the same tune in the same key.
An interesting thing happens when people in a group work against each other rather than with each other: nothing. All of the productivity is slowed (and usually wasted) […]

When God speaks, listen; when God commands, obey; when God leads, follow.

Think about this. God loves us, and He knows what is best for us, so He wants us to follow His precepts. But He won’t force us to do so. He could have made us like robots who would automatically follow […]

Appreciate angels but don’t worship them.

Angels are all around us in two different ways. First, you can’t help but notice them in your local gift shops and museums. Images of angels are displayed on coffee mugs and portrayed in paintings. In our popular culture, angels have become a sort of good luck […]

A Bible on the shelf is worthless. A Bible being read is priceless.
The Bible has absolutely no effect on a lot of people. This isn’t the fault of the Bible. The problem is with the people who neglect to read it.
To be effective, your Bible must serve a greater purpose than as […]

Display what you believe by how you behave.
You’ve heard of a stealth bomber, but how about a stealth Christian? Here’s a guy who figures that once he’s saved, there’s nothing else to do. He tries to blend quietly into society so that no one will notice the radical ideas that Christians are sometimes […]

Loving God is the greatest thing you can do.

When we respond to God’s help and ask Him to save us and realize that God does just that–even though we don’t deserve it–we can have a variety of emotions: gratitude, relief, amazement and joy. But the greatest emotion–and the only one God asks us […]

It is easier to form good habits than to break bad ones.
God can give you the ability and power to change the way you live.  With His help, you can choose to stop living your life in a nonstop pattern of sin.
The best way to stop–or at least slow down–the sin pattern that comes so […]

Circumstances may be outside of your control, but the way you respond to them is not.
Do you feel like the circumstances in your life are out of control?  Do you find yourself in situations that are just the opposite of what was on your agenda?  Are you frustrated that things are not turning out according […]