Some years back, my wife and I attended a “Family Conference.” Upon arrival, the attendees were given a questionnaire. One of the questions was, “How would describe your home: Very Happy Happy Not so Happy Miserable” Each attendee filled out the questionnaire and handed it in. One evening the speaker announced the children’s responses to...
“Charity suffereth long” (1 Cor. 13:4). I stood at an altar on March 15, 1980 and pledged my forever love to my college sweetheart. We sang a duet together for our ceremony (albeit it was on a recording, since I didn’t want my hunk of a man to pass out during our nuptials!). The song...
“Those who belong to Christ are sheep. . . . Sheep go in flocks, and so do God’s people.” — Charles Spurgeon “Let those be your choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.” — Phillip Brooks “Man is made for society and Christians for the communion of saints.” — Matthew Henry “Is any...
“By faith Abraham…” (Hebrews 11:8). Faith is the only doorway for God to enter a human heart. The church is loaded with analysts, cynics, and skeptics; but God counts them special who believe Him. Many are experts in explaining away the possibility of divine intervention, but you should be a man who expects great things...
“Revival is just the life of the Lord Jesus poured into human hearts.” —Roy Hession “Revival is God accelerating, intensifying, and extending the work of grace that goes on in every Christian’s life.” —J.I. Packer “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” (Mark 9:23) I stood in a church service...
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Ephesians 5:11 Ephesians 5:11 is crystal clear—we are to take no part in the barren deeds of darkness but instead expose them. There is a reason for warning passages like this in the New Testament. Not only are we quick to forget...