Category: Life Issues
Anxiety: Its Cause and Its Cure
Anxiety is the natural human response to trouble. For some people anxious thoughts are short-lived and mild, even during severe difficulty. But for others, anxiety leads to sleeplessness, depression, and even physical illness. Jesus was frank in calling anxiety sin. While telling His followers not to...
An Empty Chair at Christmas
Sometimes the hope of Christmas is, “Next year all our troubles will be miles away.” That’s what the song says anyway, but many will not have a merry Christmas just because of that. They know it is not true. Many start with and cannot get past...
A Woman of the City, Who Was a Sinner
I once spoke to a woman who thought that she did not need forgiveness from God. Her justification was that she did not do all the bad things other people were always doing. She didn’t use foul language, she didn’t get drunk every weekend, and she...
A Flick Filter for Christians
As a Christian, how do you choose the movies you watch or permit your children to watch? No one should lay down a legalistic set of rules by listing the movies you may or may not watch as a Christian. Christian parents certainly have the right...
A Ka-ching Thanksgiving
There is one day that we as a nation, from our earliest history, have set aside to thank God for His blessings. The Pilgrim Fathers did not know that their first Thanksgiving Day would result in a national holiday celebrated for hundreds of years. Centuries of...
31 Reasons Why Believers Should Give Thanks
Because God is good. 1 Chronicles 16:34 Because it is a correct response to God’s righteousness. Psalm 7:17 Because the Lord helps us. Psalm 28:7 Because thanksgiving glorifies God. Psalm 50:23 Because His name is good. Psalm 54:6 Because thanksgiving magnifies God. Psalm 69:30 Because God...
15 Resolves for Maintaining Spiritual Balance in Severe Interpersonal Conflicts
The pain of interpersonal conflict may seem too acute to bear. Sometimes we see these conflicts erupt suddenly among families, or between church members, or at work or school. They may involve serious allegations that tend to rip people apart in ways that seem irreparable. In...
. . . That I Might Not Sin Against You!
True Christians don’t want to sin against God. We want to please our Savior and Lord with our righteous conduct. We want to demonstrate our love for Him and our loyalty to Him in this way. But how do we understand and resist the sinful passions...
Wearing Your Own Jersey and Being Unlike Mike in the Body of Christ
“Compared to the talented people in my church, I’m worthless. Maybe I should just stay home. They don’t really need me.” Have you ever thought like that? In a church culture that highlights certain gifts (like speaking) above all others, such feelings are common. Paul uses...
What to Do With Sin
Here’s a church-life guarantee: people sin. Sometimes, they even sin against you. We all know this. What we don’t always know is how to deal with it. In my experience, we tend to swing to one of two extremes. At times we confront sin in such...
