How easy is it to start an argument or a fight?  Whether at school, at work or in your home, the right word, the right look, the right attitude, the right behavior or the right action can ignite an argument instantaneously.  The wise man said, “It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel” (Prov.…

The Founding Fathers of this country were men of principle and integrity.  Even down to the sixteenth President of this country, Abraham Lincoln was a man of principle and integrity.  They did not operate based upon “what was popular” or “what polled well among the people.”  There was RIGHT and there was WRONG, and these early leaders in our nation’s history did…

The English definition of the verb “pant” is “to feel strong desire; yearn eagerly; to long with breathless or intense eagerness.”  It is often used of one (or even an animal) who is panting for air – feeling a strong desire; yearning eagerly; longing with intense eagerness.  When you lack proper oxygen and need a breath of air, panting kicks in automatically.…

The favorite old hymn says, “Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.”  There is something uniquely beautiful and uniquely strong about the Christian bond.  The tie that binds two hearts together in Christ-like love is mysteriously strange to those outside of Christ. Why do a Christian husband and…

Ever been at that point in your life when you wondered – What am I going to do?  What should I do?  What decision should I make?  How am I going to make it? Perhaps Jacob’s son, Joseph, faced those haunting questions when sold into slavery.  Perhaps Moses faced those recurring questions when he was in Midian for 40 years.  Perhaps Daniel…

We know that a person must believe in Jesus as the Christ in order to be saved (Acts 16:31).  And, we know that a penitent believer must be baptized in order to be saved (Mark 16:16).  But, did you know there is something a person must love in order to be saved?  (This is not “Someone” a person must love, like God…

Have you ever felt like the psalmist?  “I cried out to God with my voice…In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.  I…was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed…I am so troubled that I cannot speak….Will the Lord cast off forever?  And…

“I’m older than that person, which makes me a little better than him.”  “I make more money than that person, which makes me a little better than her.”  “I went further with my education than that person, which makes me a little better than him.”  “I was actually born in this country, which makes me a little better than her.”  “I am…