“But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will hallow my name.” (Isaiah 29:23) I taught a Sunday school class several years ago during which time I recounted a testimony that had been given at another church. A young man, barely in his 40’s, had sustained a massive heart attack, died and was resuscitated. When he regained consciousness, he was angry that the doctors and nurses revived him because he had seen a glimpse of heaven and did not want to […]

“Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst…The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14) Our mission as Christians is to win others to Christ. But the tricky part about soul winning is that it is more of an art than a science. In other words, how we go about it can make all the difference in the world. For example, the easy thing to do is to point […]

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” (James 1:2) History tells us that Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, movies with sound, and more than 1,000 other things. The truth is the quality of our lives has been immeasurably improved by the genius of a man who overcame dyslexia and found that there was a great deal to learn from the failures and trials that life brought his way. In 1914, the laboratory where many […]

For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5) All of us wonder from time to time if God really cares about what’s going on in our lives. Why? Because there are those occasions when “life” seems to be crashing down on us. We live for the Lord and when things go awry, we seek his comfort and his guidance. We pray, but nothing seems to come of it. “Where is he?” We wonder. I confess I have those same thoughts. Jesus […]