The words of Paul so vividly describe heaven’s view of how we should respond after we have given our lives to God. He talks about the fact that Christ “…gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous of good works” (Tit. 2:14). We are special to Him, and…

Have you ever had a doctor or nurse ask you, “On a scale of 1 to 10, what’s your pain level?”  Imagine if someone asked Jesus that question.  What would His “pain level” have been in His last hours? We think about Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane, His mistreatment in the trials, the vicious Roman scourging and His excruciating crucifixion.  The pain that…

Peter tells us that Lot was oppressed by the sinfulness around him when living in the area of Sodom and Gomorrah. This “righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds” (2 Pet. 2:7-8). It is likely that we feel the weight of torment by the lawless deeds of the ungodly all around…

I have been amazed over the years at how simple God has made eternal truths to every man who deeply longs to find the meaning of all that God has said. One of the major problems is that we come to the Bible with preconceived ideas and wrong conclusions which have come from those who have used pamphlets, books, radio, television, campaigns…

Picture your worst possible day working out in your yard.  It is 127 degrees out there (well, it feels like it) and you have been sweating profusely.  As you were cutting your grass, the wind intentionally changed directions every time you turned and it blew all of the grass trimmings all over your sweat-drenched body.  But, of course, your yard has as…

We are quick to defend our rights when we feel they have been infringed. We have more rights than most in this country, but do we have the right to be wrong? We have a civil right to be wrong. God has given us free will to be wrong. A question might be, do we have the right to be wrong and…

Imagine that moment in a wedding when the doors in the back of the wedding chapel open and the bride appears. The song chosen especially for this moment begins to play and the mother of the bride stands. When she does, the audience stands and turns to see the bride. She has never been more radiant, and who could ever forget this…

Have you ever had one of those crushing migraines that just would not subside?  The only thing you could do was lay down in a dark room and wait it out.  What if you never had to suffer the pain of a migraine again? Have you ever had one of those toothaches that felt like half of your face was going to…