Category: CHRISTIAN LIFE
Suffering: The Only Pathway to Glory
Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets” (Matt. 16:13-14). There apparently was much confusion and speculation among the masses concerning his...
A Godly Sorrow for the Lost
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. According to the 2025 International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 2.65 billion claim to be Christians — only 32.3%. That number incorporates four main groups who identify as Catholic (1.27B), Orthodox (0.29B), Evangelical (0.42B), and Pentecostal/Charismatic (0.67B). It is...
What Should I Do Today?
After so often exhorting Timothy verbally and in written form over fifteen years or so, it’s as if Paul summarized it all when he wrote this to his son in the faith: “As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist,...
What was Jesus’ Greatest Commandment?
Jesus knew that his time had come to leave this world. So, like a wise and loving father who assembles his young children around his deathbed to prepare them for life without him, Jesus gathered his disciples to equip them to be his effective witnesses in the...
The Reality of Anxiety
Have you read, listened to, or watched the news recently? It is full of bad reports concerning war, diseases, natural disasters, crime, political corruption and turmoil, economic inflation, unemployment and poverty. Such is life under the sun in a fallen world where sin and its consequences...
A Difficult Relationship with Mom
Over many years I have seen that a person who has a rupture in relationship with his or her mother and does not know how to find acceptance and peace with God through Jesus Christ, may be susceptible to many difficulties in this life. Broken child/parent...
How to Pray for Other Believers
I assume that as a Christian, you pray regularly. We are taught to “Continue steadfastly in prayer” (Col. 4:2), to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17). These exhortations include all types of prayer: for ourselves (Matt. 6:11-13; Mark 14:38), for missionaries (Eph. 6:19-20; Col. 4:3-4; 1...
Prioritizing Bible Reading & Prayer When There are So Many Other Things to Do
The son and daughter-in-law of missionary J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) were privileged to spend much time with Taylor in China. They not only saw Taylor’s ministry in public, but the kind of man he was in private. Well do the writers remember traveling with him month...
Sorrow into Joy: The Transforming Power of Jesus’ Resurrection
At the heart of the gospel is this message: Jesus of Nazareth is alive from the dead! According to the Apostle Paul, that reality is the linchpin of the Christian faith, both for those who proclaim it and those who believe it (1 Corinthians 15:14-19). So,...
You Smell Like Broccoli Soup
My precocious and normally charming five-year-old granddaughter hugged me this week, then paused and said, “You smell like broccoli soup.” She flitted off and left me wondering how that could possible be. I shared this with her father who laughed with me and said that she...
