I cannot vouch for this story, but it has been around for a long time. It seemed no one could believe what had happened, so they began to find out the details. They asked the pigmy, “How did you eat an entire elephant?” His answer startled many, but there is so much truth in it. He said, “One bite at a time.”…

The apostles had a vision problem and did not realize it.  I’m not sure if there is a name for it, but I would call it “droopy-itus.” This disease had been around for several years and was widespread among the Jews of the first century. As strange as it may seem it is often found among many Christians today. John chapter four…

The simple definition of a habit is “an action which is repeated often until it is the natural behavior in one’s life.” There are those habits which are good, those which are neutral and those which hinder us in our development. Think of the power of habitually doing that which is right, almost without thinking, because we have trained ourselves to always…

My heart overflows as I think about this past Sunday and the manifestation of this church’s great compassion for the salvation of a lost world. I am almost at a loss for words to express my joy. Perhaps the words of Paul say it best, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,…

Mission Sunday is this Sunday and it provides a remarkable way for us to prove to God how much we love Him and to show ourselves how much we share in heaven’s goal to get the gospel to every creature. Before this world began it was part of God’s plan to save the lost through preaching. Paul said, “It pleased God through…

The reports from Haiti are so moving and touch the hearts of those who have compassion. It is impossible for us to fully understand the depths of despair the Haitians are enduring. We eat until we are full and sleep soundly in our houses, while there are those still buried in the rubble of that land who are crying out for help.…

The faith of the Roman centurion was so great that Jesus said it exceeded the faith of any Jew He had ever met. This commander of 100 Roman soldiers understood the matter of authority. He told Jesus that He did not have to go to his home to cure his slave, all He had to do was to give the command. He…

A new year lies before us with so many opportunities for us to glorify our God. We should rejoice that the Creator of the world could ever consider that our feeble actions could do anything to enhance His glory. When we consider the grandeur of heaven we have nothing to bring or nothing to give which could add to His majesty, but…