Faith That Pleases God Faith is a topic talked about a lot, but I wonder is it the type of faith that pleases God? (Hebrews 11:6) Today’s Christian thinks more about faith, not as a relationship, but rather as something that exists to allow them to get what they can from God. It’s a faith […]

Coming Out of Your Shell Back in college several of us would hike out in the desert to a secluded hot springs. After an especially hard winter that saw the desert blanketed with snow, followed by an abundance of spring rains, we noticed all kinds of flowering plants popping up. But we weren’t the only […]

Removing the Rubbish The cheetah is the fastest animal on earth. It literally reaches speeds of 70 MPH. But it has a problem; it can’t sustain that speed for long. That’s because of its disproportionately small heart. If it doesn’t catch its prey in the first burst of speed, it will abandon the chase. Many […]

Following At A Distance As Jesus was being arrested, Peter bravely pulls out a sword and cuts off the high priest’s servant’s ear, and then ran for his life. But he never stopped following Jesus; he just now followed at a distance. (Luke 22:54) What keeps us following God at a distance? God said it […]

Stop Running On Empty One thing that drives my wife crazy is when I see how far I can go on an empty tank of gas. Now, when traveling in town it’s not a problem, but not when I’m outside city limits. It’s not fun running on empty especially when I end up running out […]

It’s Time To Confess Jesus said, “Whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God” (Luke 12:8). Jesus declaration of the need to make an open confession is a command. We see this also in Paul’s letter to the church in Rome when he said, “If […]

It’s No Time To Be Silent When we are called upon to testify in a courtroom, we raise our right hand and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Shouldn’t we do the same for God? Just as truth in court is in society’s best interest, so then is […]

Christianity in Danger We tend to compromise our beliefs and values so as not to upset the fun or recreation of others. In churches there are in endless discussions concerning these beliefs and values, but not so much to see how they may keep them, but rather it’s to see now many can be eliminated. […]

What’s Our Part? Esther had just become queen, and while it wasn’t her choice, she did have a choice as to what part she was going to play and how she was going to use her position as queen in the deliverance of her people, the Jews. When telling Mordecai, her uncle, the danger she […]

Has Contentment Set In? Contentment is being satisfied with what we have and not wanting anything else. While contentment can be a virtue, like when the Apostle Paul said that no matter what the situation may be, he learned to be content (Philippians 4:11-12), it can also be a detriment. The type of contentment I’m […]