Category: Spiritual Growth
The Good a Bible Might Do
A daring nun once grabbed a small Bible out of a casket just before it was closed. This Bible had been gently placed by the side of her dead friend who had also been her priest. Why did this nun snatch the Bible at such a...
The God Who Rescues the Godly
Do you ever feel surrounded, outnumbered, overwhelmed by the ungodliness of our culture? Do you ever find yourself complaining about how difficult it is to consistently pursue holiness in the midst of such corruption? If you were completely honest with yourself, would you admit that you...
The Fruit to End All Fruits
A man without it is like a pillaged city (Prov. 28:25). Satan seeks its absence as an opening to tempt (1Cor. 7:5). Successful athletes view it as a key to victory (1 Cor. 9:25). Elders (pastors) must be known for it (1 Tim. 3:2). Older believers...
The Book Alive
The husband had fallen asleep as the wife finished reading her Bible in bed. Suddenly she threw her hand on to the chest of the sleeping spouse screaming out, “There’s a man in this book!” There is, indeed! In one sense, the Bible is simply a...
The Antidote to Boredom
Solomon Grundy Born on Monday Christened on Tuesday Married on Wednesday Taken ill on Thursday Worse on Friday Died on Saturday Buried on Sunday And that was the end of Solomon Grundy. Is your life predictable? boring? “same ol’ same ol‘?” Please excuse me for being...
The Abiding Life
The abiding life is the true Christian life. Jesus said, “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” (John 15:6) John 15 gives...
Stand Firm and Be Saved:The Necessity of Perseverance
Near the end of 1 Peter we read this: “I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!” (5:12). Peter’s letter was a sustained exhortation for believers to see the difficulties of the Christian...
Sports Resolutions for the New Year
Whether you play, coach, or just watch, sports are a means of both glorifying God and sinning against Him. Choose the resolutions below that you are prepared to follow, tell the Lord what you are committing to, and ask Him for the strength to succeed. You...
Spiritual Drift
“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it” (Hebrews 2:1 NASB). Some time ago, I spent a day on a Florida beach with my family. Nestled in my inner tube (not the one I...
Speaking Bible
There are a variety of ways to be obnoxious in our interactions with people. One of them is to always speak in holy tones as if we are super spiritual. Another is to use trite Christian phrases when we greet people, such as, “How’s the Lord...
