Category: CHRISTIAN LIFE
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...
How Knowing the Future of God’s People Should Affect Us Right Now
Believers know the future. That doesn’t mean we have knowledge of certain specifics (future spouse, job, number of children, etc.). But we can be confident in what the Bible says God has planned and promised, and that should change how we think and act in the...
Be Sure It’s Heard
Yesterday, I read the first couple of chapters of author James A. Michener’s The World is My Home, a Memoir. In his introduction, he was explaining why he had chosen to complete this 500-plus page book at 85 years of age. Here’s his explanation: I have...
Walking the House
The title is a little misleading, but now that you are here, read what I have to say. I’m suggesting that many of you begin to walk IN your house . . . and that you do it as a way of improving physically and spiritually....
Spiritual Metamorphosis: Becoming a New Creation in Christ
I enjoy reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar with my young children. This board book classic is useful for teaching kids colors, numbers, names of different foods, the days of the week, and the gastric consequences of eating too much food in one day! But perhaps the...
The Standard
In Romans 6:17 Paul tells us that Christians are people who have become “obedient from the heart.” No longer is their obedience motivated only by fear of God’s judgment, or fear of disapproval from other people, or fear of living with a tormented conscience. Now they...
How You Receive the Scripture
Though the Scripture may be shown to be trustworthy by many historical and logical proofs, it is essentially received as true because of the revelation of God’s glory experienced through it. Just as nature reveals God(Rom 1:19-21), and some receive or reject his glory, so man...
Peter’s Dying Declaration
In the legal world, a “dying declaration” is the one form of “hearsay” evidence that is admissible in court. This assumes, of course, that the dying person knows he or she is about to die when the statement is made, along with several other factors. The...
