“If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) One of the pastors visited a friend of mine who’s been in church all his life. He calls himself a Christian, but he confessed that he often felt empty and hopeless. As they talked, it became evident to him that my friend may very well have looked like a Christian on the outside, but he had never asked the Lord […]

“And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:8) Here’s a question for your Sunday School class. Ask your classmates how many of the seven deadly sins they can name. Just in case you don’t know, they are pride (vanity), envy, gluttony, lust, anger, covetousness, and sloth. One of these sins is described as an abomination to God. Do you know which one? I remember it from years ago in an exchange I […]

“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes.” (Job 19:25-27) I attended a funeral once that I shall never forget. A member of my church lost his son. I hadn’t known him for very long, but I liked him and felt so sorry about the tragic circumstances in which he found himself. What can you […]

“For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.” (Revelation 7:17) Fanny Crosby wrote over 8,000 hymns during her lifetime, many of which still appear in today’s hymnals. Hymns like Blessed Assurance, All the Way My Savior Leads Me, To God Be the Glory, Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior, Safe in the Arms of Jesus, He Hideth My Soul, and Praise Him, Praise Him continue to draw souls to God for both salvation and […]