“Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.” (Psalm 32:10) We’ve all heard it when we have one of those insurmountable needs that life brings our way. Our Christian brothers and sisters will tell us to turn it over to the Lord. “Put it in His hands,” they will often say. That’s great advice and I certainly don’t disagree with it. But the spiritual question is how? Turning a problem over to the Lord is an easy thing […]

“If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) One of my pastors visited a friend of mine who’s been in church all his life. He calls himself a Christian, but confessed that he often felt empty and hopeless. As they talked, it became evident to him that my friend may very well have looked like a Christian on the outside, but had never asked the Lord to come […]

“But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.” (2 Thessalonians 3:3) The Bible promises that times will get worse, all the way up to the end. It’s a crying shame, but you don’t have to look very far to prove that point. The tragic shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma are life-and-death examples that the work of Satan cannot always be understood. The world struggles to find a solution, but the Bible says that lawlessness is a mystery and will only be […]

“Then Jesus told them, ‘This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered’.” (Matthew 26:31) The Easter Story, in and of itself, is a story of hope. In spite of the trials that Christians face, we always have hope because of what happened at Easter. No one understood the hope that the Cross offers more than the Apostle Peter. He was one of Christ’s most trusted disciples […]