According to a recent poll (and I don’t always trust polls, by the way), the majority of American adults (52% of them) have smoked marijuana at some point in their lives. So there you have it! “Everyone else is doing it,” as some might suggest, “So it’s ok for me to do it, too.” Is that the way it works? If the…

People in the first century were no different than people are in the twenty-first century. Everyone needs the Lord! When Jesus saw the multitudes of people “weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd,” He was “moved with compassion for them” (Matt. 9:36). He told His disciples that people everywhere needed the Great Shepherd, and then He told them to pray. Pay…

Oh wait! I didn’t give you his full name yet! His full name has everything to do with where he lives. You know his name, right? He’s Oscar the Grouch. And you know where he lives–in a trash can! How apropos for a Grouch to live in a trash can! Why is he named “the Grouch”? According to muppet.wikia.com (yes, that’s real),…

The title of this article is the heading for Psalm 3 in the New King James Version. Does that title (“The Lord helps His troubled people”) captivate you? Living in our current social climate, do you have any interest in the Lord’s help? Read these words, as if they are your own. “Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are…

I’m thankful for babies crying in worship on Sunday mornings, because that means their parents brought them to church that morning. I’m thankful for babies crying in worship on Sunday evenings, because that means their parents brought them to church that evening. I’m thankful for parents who bring their kids to Bible class on Sunday morning and Wednesday nights (starting especially in…