“I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites.” (Psalms 26:4) When my wife and I met, it didn’t take long for me to realize that her faith was very important to her. “You’re pretty religious, aren’t you?,” I asked her on our first date. I’ll never forget her answer: “No, I’m not religious at all. I’m a Christian.” I couldn’t understand why she had a problem with being labeled as religious, at least not until I became a Christian and could understand the […]

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.” (Matthew 13:41-43) Everyone may looked saved in your church, but the Bible says it ain’t so. That’s what the Parable of the Wheat and […]

“So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.” (2 Peter 1:12) Did you know that there is a blueprint for heaven in the Bible? That’s right! We serve such a wonderful, loving God that he not only provides directions about how to get to heaven, he also left a painstaking description of it so that we will recognize it when we arrive. Interestingly, while there are over 400 references to heaven in […]

“He who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” (James 1:6) If the truth was ever told about the effect that doubt could have in your life, the above verse hits the nail on the head. Doubt is expected in the life of every believer. So don’t be discouraged when doubt comes your way. It’s never a permanent condition and the irony of doubt is that it always brings with it an opportunity to grow closer to God. I recently lost […]