God calls us to stand firm in His Word and in the life He wants us to live. Standing your ground is sometimes easier said than done! Life will run over us at times. When others don’t live by the same rules we do, we may be unpopular, we may be ridiculed, and we may...

Chicago Community Organizer Saul Alinsky published his famously controversial Rules for Radicals in 1971. The book is dedicated to Lucifer whose rebellion won him a kingdom.  Long before Alinsky there was Christ, whose humility and submission won Him a very...

Some people think that Christianity offers “pie in the sky” – promises that sound good and never deliver. But for real pie in the sky look at advertising! It has become so much a part of life we hardly notice how it constantly churns out pies somewhat less substantial...

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17). Christians know that blessings and success in life come only from God. Yet we are sometimes guilty of...

Paradox is inherent to Christianity. Paul writes of being strong when he is weak. Jesus warned that whoever desires to save his life will lose it. On other occasions our Lord promised that the least among his followers would be great, and the meek would inherit the...

The absurdity of atheist man lies in his determination to make himself God in defiance of the certainty that he is separated from the grave by no more than the next step, the next breath, and the last heartbeat.   From this unstable pulpit of a brittle and...

It can be scary to stand at a crossroad, knowing that the choice you make about which direction to take could affect many people. God provides help during such periods of indecision. He knows we don’t have the wisdom to choose which path to take, so He provides many...

Our integrity as Christians reflects on God and reflects the God in us! None of us are perfect, but we can be authentic, grow in character, and live in a way that makes people trust us and want to associate with us. The minor choices we make when nobody is watching...

We know a measure of love when we feel it towards others, or when we receive it. The Bible speaks of love in its many forms—divine, filial, emotional, erotic—but its most important statement on the subject is this: God is love (1 John 4:8).  Of all the sacred...

We all have fears, but it's how we face them that defines us. David ran toward Goliath! He ran in faith based upon God's previous deliverance of him from a bear and a lion. He ran in confidence, knowing God had given him the ability. He ran with wisdom, knowing he had...

In an increasingly dark world, the concept of excellence may still be seen in its purest form in the sports arena, where individuals and groups meet in open competition that produces a winner. The Olympic Games represent the pinnacle of achievement, crowning athletes...

In His last meeting with the disciples before returning to Heaven, Jesus gave the Apostles a series of instructions to follow. The first was one that many struggle with today: “Wait!” Unless we are empowered by God, all our labor and effort will be in vain. But...

True Christianity is shockingly unfamiliar to self-centered humanity living in a material world.  The vast man-made, barren landscape of a religion that labels itself Christianity is testimony to the fact that the fundamental truth at the heart of its sacred text...

Sanity is a casualty in a world that sees truth as a flimsy thing based on your point of view. The shifting sands of moral relativity inspire peak awareness summed up in the slogan, “If it feels good, do it!”  Strife is inevitable when absolute truth dies. Justice...

Some wise person has said: Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. By that definition you can be old at 40 and young at 70! This is especially true for Christians. A church full of unenthusiastic, spiritually retired, inert members is...

In His last meeting with the disciples before returning to Heaven, Jesus gave the Apostles a series of instructions to follow. The first was one that many struggle with today: “Wait!” Unless we are empowered by God, all our labor and effort will be in vain. But...

No matter how far you have come in your walk with God and how much of your life you have surrendered to Him, there is always more that you can give and there is always more that God will ask of you.  He does not ask until you are ready, until you have the...

The Christian life, lived as the Bible teaches to live it, is the most complete and exciting life this side of heaven! That may come as a surprise to those who view Christianity as just another of the world’s many religions kept afloat by the sweat and zeal of their...

America’s founding documents are masterpieces of reason and the application of truth from the minds of men well-schooled in classical philosophy and the Christian Scriptures. The fruit of their wisdom and their labors was the growth of a nation, under God, more free...

We are not called to understand God or to explain God or to present God made pretty with frills and velvet wrapping—we must simply obey God. This obedience includes accepting the reality that everything we see, hear and touch in “this present evil world” (Galatians...

People who scarcely give God a second thought as they sleepwalk through life are quick to blame God when they suffer unexpected personal loss. Disaster is a wake-up call, and we expect God to be on the other end of the phone answering our questions: “Why is this...

The triumph of the human spirit against oppression and evil flows from the individual decisions we make, the small positive things we do, when we refuse to yield the principle of Good. Through the ages, men and women have chosen good over evil at great personal cost,...

God gave many wonderful gifts to Adam and Eve, the first humans. Among the gifts were physical life and soul life that included self-awareness and free will. The couple were also gifts to each other, and together they were given a perfect world to explore, to regulate...

I don’t have much faith. Not if we’re talking about the kind of faith that squinches its eyes, holds thumbs, takes a deep breath, empties the mind, and waits for results.  Mark Twain described this faith as “believing what you know ain’t so.” Some call it “blind...