Your attitude can make or break you, heal or hurt you, bring you happiness or misery, success or failure. Perhaps if we work on one thing – thanksgiving – other things, like praise, will develop and come naturally. Count your own blessings, not the blessings of others. The grass often appears greener elsewhere than it […]
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“Everything Happens for a Reason”
We often hear people use the expression: “Everything happens for a reason.” This saying is the modern, New Age version of the old religious saying: “It’s God’s will.” Is this true? Is there a reason for everything? Does God’s will regulate all things? First, some things happen because the Lord has placed certain ‘natural’ laws in […]
Living Up to the Name
Animals are predictable in their behaviors. You can count on them to behave a certain way based upon what kind of animal they are. You would be surprised to find a cat who didn’t at least swat at a mouse that ran by, or a dog that never sniffed around or refused to wag his […]
Is The New Testament Trustworthy?
No one questions the authenticity of Plato, Aristotle, or Homer, but the manuscript evidence for each of these is far less than that of the Bible. We can be assured that the Bible text we have today is the text of the first century. The Iliad and The Odyssey Written: around 900 B.C. Earliest available […]
MY RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING WORSHIP
Each one of us has the responsibility of rendering worship to God. No one can offer homage to God for another, nor can the congregation as a “group” fulfill the obligation of the individual. An important truth regarding worship was expressed by our Lord: “They that worship him must worship in spirit and in truth” […]
The Professional Critic
“Strike a scoffer and the naïve may become shrewd, But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain knowledge” (Proverbs 19:25) This proverb provides valuable information, especially regarding the “scoffer.” It seems that there are a significant number of self-appointed critics. Jesus certainly encountered plenty of scoffers when He attempted to teach (Luke 16:14) and […]
‘Be Careful What You ‘Like’
Facebook and Instagram are the world’s most popular social networking websites. One of the features of these sites is the ability to ‘like’ something that has been posted there by another user. Typically, to ‘like’ something means that you find it funny, or agree with what is being said. It is a way of indicating […]
How to Avoid a Spiritual Failure
In his final hours in Rome, awaiting an inevitable execution, a very lonely apostle Paul suffered some additional heartbreak. “Demas,” he wrote, “hath forsaken me, having loved this present world” (2 Timothy 4.10). We are left to speculate as to the particulars — what dread fears or powerful allurements led this faithful friend and co-worker […]
The Evangelist in Decapolis
In the first century, a man walked to his city in Decapolis, on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It had been a long time since he had been home or been around anyone who wasn’t trying to chain him up. They had tried to bind him, but the supernatural strength lent to him […]
As the Life of a Flower
The infinite ability of man is constantly reinforced in our culture. We are convinced that there is no disease that cannot be conquered. We are sure that we can “boldly go where no man has gone before” in our search for the elusive “fountain of youth.” We wish to be the masters of our own […]