While growing up, my grandmother gave me some sage advice by saying, “If you can’t say anything good about someone, just don’t say anything at all.” Which reminds me of the following humorous stories: There was a young preacher who one day announced to his church family that he was resigning his preaching position and […]

The chief priests and elders once came to Jesus and asked him, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?” (Matthew 21:23).

While television has a myriad of programming to watch, the most entertaining offerings are the commercials. A few years back, one of the more amusing ads was the one for

The above quote is a thought-provoking line, isn’t it? It comes from the first of Paul’s speeches in Acts. It was in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia, and he was demonstrating by the Scriptures, that God has fulfilled what He promised to the fathers by the resurrection of Jesus. Having noted their hope in “the […]

3 rules for reading the Bible, from Acts 1 Randal Matheny says: Understand the purpose. Don’t go beyond what is written. See the whole picture.

The story is told of a farmer who once posted a “No Trespassing” sign to keep some neighborhood boys from crossing his property. One embittered young man vowed revenge. So one night, he walked all over the man’s farm with a sack of johnsongrass seed and sowed it in every field. Anyone who has dealt […]

There is a national preoccupation among the religious today with “end times” and the things that are going to happen within the “last days.” This national hype has been fueled by the “Left Behind” book series which is a fictional account of how those who believe the doctrine of premillennialism think the “end of the […]

The following commentary is attributed to Socrates (469-399BC) by Plato. The description of the society he lived in, is similar to the one we find ourselves living in today. Does this sound familiar?

As we grow older, a good deal of our unhappiness is caused by our misplaced desire to return to the “good old days” — those times when we enjoyed health, wealth, position, or

On the day of judgment, God won’t ask the following questions: God won’t ask what kind of car you drove, but He’ll ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation. God won’t ask the square footage of your house, but He’ll ask how many people you welcomed into your home. God won’t ask […]

According to the dictionary, mercy is defined as “compassion shown to an offender,” or “a blessing resulting from divine favor or compassion,” or “compassion shown to victims of misfortune.” God is our example for mercy because Jesus said, “Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36). Regarding mercy and compassion, Paul […]

The purpose of the social gospel that we often hear from the mouths of television evangelists, is designed to improve social conditions here on earth. It deals with secular societal problems relative to economics, politics, education and poverty. Conversely, the gospel of Christ emphasizes the spiritual welfare of man — the salvation of man’s soul […]

Great God, Make me decent, orderly, useful, courteous, and kind In the work of this day.

Laura Hodges Poole has written an above titled article that causes us to think about our prayer life. When we say the words, “Not my will, but Yours,” we are minimizing self and maximizing God’s ability to effectively work in our lives. Let’s think about it! 

The end of the year is generally the time that most companies and businesses devote to doing the often-dreaded (but greatly needed) task of taking a physical inventory. Inventory allows us to determine what we have, what we are lacking, what we have accomplished, what we failed to do, and the areas that need attention […]

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

Because of the fact that Christ will judge us based upon our good or bad deeds (2 Corinthians 5:10), makes it a “must” for us to correctly distinguish between good and evil. However, contrary to this biblical teaching, the pervading mindset in our society today is to “call evil good and good evil” (cf. Isaiah […]

When people see a photograph or video today, they often ask, “Is it real?” A home computer can manipulate images to create a picture of an event that never happened.

The story is told of a little 6-year-old girl who was beginning her first ice-skating lessons. Her grandparents were in attendance to give her encouragement. As she skated around the ice rink, she took quite a few falls. But her instructor was always right there to pick her up and encourage her. Other skaters stopped […]

In today’s “modern” culture, we find people wanting to do things very quickly. Where our ancestors took many months — even years to cross this country, we can now drive across it in