“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” (Psalms 37:74) We live in a world that teaches us that we are at the center of whatever success or failure we experience. You know the old saying, “There’s nothing you can’t accomplish, if you put your mind to it.” That all sounds real good, but it’s not true. Actually, it’s a form of humanism and we are peppered with it every day. So it’s no wonder we often face problems in our own lives with the notion […]

“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.” (Hebrews 11:24-26) Hardly a day goes by that we don’t receive some kind of sweepstakes offer in the mail. Invariably the offer […]

“Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.” (1 John 5:10) A friend was recently lamenting to me that many of our churches hardly ever mention Jesus in their services anymore. “A lot of church members believe all you have to do to go to heaven is die.” Sadly, he’s right. In fact, a recently released survey by the Barna Research Group provides some surprising, if not shocking, insights […]

“Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9) Several years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County is widely known as “Amish Country”, but we found something much more memorable. Right there among the Amish, nestled in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is the Millennium Theatre, a 2,100-seat state-of-the-art facility presenting Christian drama at its best. We’ve never seen anything like it. It was amazing. The Millennium Theatre produces musical presentations about […]