“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23) When I started writing devotions, the publisher of the first newspaper in which they appeared warned me. “You’ll find it difficult writing a weekly column; coming up with fresh ideas. The grind can get you.” He was right; and I made it even more difficult in the early years of my ministry by holding on the notion that I needed to write a new […]

“And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.” (Matthew 24:11) I think the word prophet in the above verse has kept a lot of Christians from seeing that some of the preachers we see in the pulpit today are deceiving people, too. That’s right. Some of today’s most popular evangelists and pastors are teaching a form of Christianity that doesn’t line up with the Word of God. Now look here. I am not pointing the finger at you. The truth is what inspired today’s column was […]

“For even His brothers did not believe in Him.” (John 7:5) I see them in every church I attend. Sons and daughters of great men and women of God who think their place in heaven is assured because of the faithfulness of those who raised them. They would be offended by any question as to whether they had ever made a public declaration that Jesus is Lord. Yet, the plain truth is some of them have never followed the instructions the Bible provides on salvation. Jesus tried to […]

“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 I don’t receive some kind of sweepstakes offer in the mail. Invariably the offer […]