Jesus once asked the question: “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8) It is a simple but sobering...

Jeremiah the prophet did not hold any punches. His warnings of coming judgement were severe. His words also reveal a sobering parallel to...

The cities of the Euphrates valley had been at peace for quite a while. The people were prosperous and happy. Oh, they had their usual...

I have always found something evocative and haunting about history. Its silence often calls to me in profound ways. I have had the...

Ever since my early church days, I have been hearing about the next big move of God that was just around the corner. I’ve heard tons of...

In the 19th century a host of “soothing syrups” to quiet bawling babies and teething tots were sold to an unsuspecting public. They were...

Maybe you’ve heard the joke about what you get when you play country western music backwards; “You get your life back, your wife back,...

There are two sides of the same coin. "Frontslinding” is the opposite side of "Backsliding". It is the notorious “pharisaical spirit”...

If each of us were like a large house, we would have a secret place where we hide things about ourselves from prying eyes. It’s at the...

During a long lull in Peter’s life we read, “So it was that he stayed many days in Joppa with Simon, a tanner”. (Acts 9:43) At first...

Haven’t we all blown through one of life’s intersections without a second thought? Haven’t we all blown through the red light that God...

The very concept of God is a mind blower. He has always been with no beginning and no end – all knowing, all powerful and ever-present....

In an age of “selfies”, Twitter, Instagram influencers, YouTube wannabes, American Idol, celebrity worshippers and the “It’s all About...

Rupert Pickens was a newly hired salesman who was on the road when he wrote his first report to the home office. It stunned the top brass...

Paul cautioned us to “lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set...

“A bruised reed He will not crush and a smoking flax He will not quench.” – (Matthew 12:20) The world is filled with bruised reeds and...

“Through many dangers, toils and snares we have already come.” The words of the great hymn reveal the true nature of the Christian walk....

As Paul waited in his prison cell for his execution, he wrote his last will and testament to his beloved Timothy. Paul’s pilgrimage was...

The famous line in the movie “As Good as Its Gets” when Jack Nicholson says to Helen Hunt, “You make me want to be a better man” speaks...

There are many misconceptions about the true meaning of love in the world today. Even in the church there are misconceptions of what love...