“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means God with us.” (Matthew 1:23) I am writing most of this column from my hotel room in Washington, D.C. where I spent the first weekend in March attending the Annual Legislative Conference of the National Association of Counties. It’s a story that I didn’t want to go stale on me before I returned home to tell it. I told my wife that I had an uneasy feeling […]

“Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are His.” (Malachi 2:15) My wife has a friend who was victimized by an adulterous relationship that broke up his marriage. He didn’t have a clue that his wife was running out on him and even though it’s been years since his marriage ended in divorce, he still hasn’t recovered from the trauma that being caught on the losing end of a love triangle brought with it. In fact, he recently told her that he has […]

“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17) When I hear the word, revival, it conjures up a childhood image of going to church on nights other than Wednesday or Sunday to hear a visiting preacher. But the revival about which we hear so much today is altogether different. Instead of boring sermons with lonely invitations, today’s revival connotes a highly […]

“I said, ‘O Lord, have mercy on me, heal me, for I have sinned against you.’ ” (Psalms 41:4) I invite you to visit my website at www.devotions.com the next time you’re surfing the Internet. It’s getting around 125,000 hits a year and features every column I’ve ever written, over 200 of them. One of the points I stress to my Internet readers is that no problem is too difficult for the Christian who is willing to reach out in faith and trust Christ. As you already know, […]