Category: CHRISTIAN LIFE
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...
Dare to Be a Daniel?
The first lecture of one of my classes at a Christian college in the 1990s was titled, “I Dare You to Live Like Daniel.” I also recall hearing a message about Daniel during one of our daily chapels that concluded with a challenge to “Dare to...
What People with Intellectual Disabilities Need More than Anything Else
Over fifteen years ago, I was in our unfinished basement painting the concrete floor. The door at the top of the steps opened and my wife came down the stairs with a look I’ll never forget that said, “Our lives are going to be different now.”...
The Chains of Habit
The chains of habit are often too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. This old saying has been quoted and adapted by many writers and speakers over the years. No one is completely sure who should get original credit for...
