Has anyone ever stood up for you? Did you ever have anyone who worked their hardest to look out for you and for your best interests? Have you ever known of someone who selflessly put you above themselves for no gain or credit or benefit to them? Have you ever hurt someone and yet that someone was still there for you and tried to do…

It’s a called a “Gentlemen’s Club.” What does that mean? The word “gentleman” used to be defined as “a courteous, gracious man with a strong sense of honor.” So, is that the kind of men who are gathering in these “Gentlemen’s Clubs” today? Hardly! The things that are happening in those clubs today are hardly what gentlemen should even talk about, let alone engage (Eph. 5:12). What…

Sometimes we read articles and we think: “Well, I wouldn’t have said it that way. He/She should have said this. That really didn’t have as much impact as it could have or should have.” A very wise man told me nearly 30 years ago, “There are many editors and few authors.” So, if you are one that thinks “it should be said better” or “it could…

After a long day of fishing, the nets of the first century would become stretched and broken in places. If nothing was done about it, future endeavors to catch fish would result in fish just slipping through the nets. So, every day faithful fishermen would spend time “mending their nets,” so that they could continue to catch and keep the fish in their nets…

Immerse yourself in this scene. Get the full picture in Acts 12. Peter was witnessing and personally experiencing the violent persecution that Herod Agrippa (“the king”) was bringing against Christians. Peter saw Herod kill his fellow apostle and friend, James, with the sword. He was seized by Herod’s henchmen, with plans to do the same to him as was done to James. Peter was arrested, thrown in…

The apostle Peter wrote about scoffers who did not believe that Jesus was going to return, for they fallaciously reasoned, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (2 Pet. 3:4). Every day looked the same and went by in the same way and there was no sign…

Have you ever thought that God expects too much of you and that there’s no way you can do all that He teaches and that you’re not strong enough to keep up with everything He commands? If so, take a moment and imagine being Joshua. Moses is getting ready to die—the Moses who spoke directly with God, led Israel miraculously out of Egypt, received…

When the first-century world wanted someone put be to death in the most open, dependable and confirmable fashion, they would crucify them. That was certain to drain every bit of life out of their bodies. Isn’t it interesting, then, that the Bible uses that very same term to describe how a Christian, who has been “called out darkness” (1 Pet. 2:9), is to relate…