“Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19-21) I once knew a Christian who became so convicted about what his family was watching on television that he put it out in the street. […]

“And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 25:30) I read the above verse the other day and thought about a cornflakes commercial I remembered seeing on television several years ago. Three men are seated in a waiting room, each with a bushel basket, flooded with ears of corn, waiting to see the cornflake inspector. All were very proud of their harvest, at least until the first man went in to see the inspector and within seconds […]

“Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13) Our nation was stunned when a thirty-two year old Pennsylvania man walked into a one-room Amish schoolhouse and shot 10 young girls. While his life showed no signs that would indicate Charles Roberts was capable of such a heinous crime, notes to his family later revealed that he was an angry man – angry at God as well as himself. The national media descended on Lancaster County, Pennsylvania leaving all of us to realize that none of us is immune from the […]

“For nothing is impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37) Do you remember the context in which that statement was made? The Angel Gabriel paid a visit to Mary to let her know that she would bear Baby Jesus. Since Mary was a virgin, she asked how such a thing could happen. Gabriel reminded her that no one thought her cousin, Elizabeth, could bear a child either, even though she was now in her sixth month. That’s when Gabriel told Mary that nothing is impossible with God. One of the […]