In 64 A.D., someone set fire to Rome out among the shops lining the Circus Maximus, Rome’s mammoth chariot stadium. A few days later, two-thirds of the city lay in

While growing up on the South Plains of West Texas back in the 1950’s, my two brothers and I experienced the meanest parents in the world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal,

According to a report, if a 45-year-old man exercises regularly through the rest of his life and another man the same age exists as a couch potato, the exercising man will live only 10 months longer.

Do we realize that each day, we are writing the story of our lives by what we say and do? As we are writing this story, are we using the great, but often neglected, wealth of the Bible? The Psalmist

The Bible encourages us to seek the advice of wise counselors. Proverbs 11:14 – NKJV states:

With reference to an individual’s faith, God has never blessed any man’s faith before his faith expressed itself in some act (cf. Acts 9:6; Acts 9:8; Gal. 5:6; James 2:24).

In the 8th century BC, amid personal and national injustice, the prophet Isaiah was used by God to awaken the conscience of His people. Their convenient spirituality had led them to violence and insensitivity toward their fellow human beings (Isaiah 57).

A querist asks, “After we die, will we recognize one another in the spiritual realm?”

Jesus once told the story of a sower, a seed, and four kinds of soil (Matthew 13:1-9 – NKJV). The soil among the thorns represented those who permit the Word of God in their

In Deuteronomy 4:1 – NKJV, the people were being handed a gift from God — “the statutes and the judgments” that would allow them to live properly in the land of God’s

The children of Israel had not gone far from the shore of the Red Sea when the realities of their new freedom began to register. They no longer enjoyed the ample food and water supply of Egypt. Now, after

The word “amateur” has been redefined over the years and has lost the luster of its original meaning. Our English word comes from the Latin word amatorem (nom. amator) “lover,” from amatus, pp. of amare “to love.”

In the summer of 1989, my grandmother passed from this life to be with the Lord. She was my mentor and inspiration in becoming a Christian as well as encouraging me to study my Bible on a daily basis

Most people respect service and those who serve. For example, we honor police officers who serve our communities. We pay homage to military personnel who serve our country.

Poet Claude Mermet once made this astute observation: “Friends are like melons; let me tell you why: To find a good one, you must one hundred try!”

The story is told of an English “gentleman of the road” (we would call him a hobo) who stopped by a restaurant named the “Saint George and the Dragon.” Because he was

“LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? . . . He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.” (Psalm 15:1, 4) In the year 2000 I lost my job at EDS and began searching for employment. I picked up some part time work in the interim. […]

For almost 70 years, my Aunt Lee lived confined in a wheelchair because of crippling rheumatoid arthritis, yet she never once complained about her circumstances or condition.

A survey was once taken asking employers what makes a good apprentice. Their response was that they seek to hire “someone who wants to learn.”

As a small boy growing up in a rural community, I can still vividly remember my Bible class teachers reading the stories of Noah’s ark and the flood (Genesis 6-8 – NKJV), Samson and Delilah (Judges 14-16 – NKJV), David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17 – NKJV), Daniel in the lion’s den (Daniel 6 – […]