“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?” (Matthew 7:3) I was listening recently to an interview with evangelist Michael Youseff, who recounted a conversation with United States Senator John Ashcroft from Missouri. Ashcroft is unashamedly Christian. In fact, he holds devotions in his Senate office every morning to a growing number of Christians who have been so encouraged by his testimony that they are also no longer bashful about calling themselves Christians. Youseff was impressed by Ashcroft’s […]

“Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28) I am a product of a blended family. In other words, as a child I lived under the same roof with a parent and a stepparent, both of whom were rearing children of their own. I am now the head of a blended family. I didn’t enjoy being a member of a blended family as a child and I find it less enjoyable as an adult. Harmony in any family is […]

“This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.” (Proverbs 3:8) I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Finally, medicine and faith could be mentioned in the same sentence with some credibility. That’s right. A Duke University psychiatrist has proven that men and women of faith really do recover faster from health-related disorders. “Science can never prove the existence of God,” says Dr. Harold Koenig. “It’s tools are designed to study natural phenomena. But we can show that people with faith can recover faster. We […]

“When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Dear woman, here is your son, and to the disciple, Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.” (John 19:26-27) Many of you may not know that my mother died when I was at the tender age of seven. That was a traumatic time for me, but God had already made sure that someone would be around to step in and give […]