I have read that one out of every thirty-five deaths in Chicago is a murder, and that most of these murders are “crimes of passion” caused by anger among friends or relatives. Jesus did not say that anger leads to murder, He said that anger is murder. There is a...

Hope of salvation does not mean the hope that at last we will be saved. A person can know today that he is saved and going to heaven. The person who confidently says, “I know I am saved!” is not exhibiting pride; he is demonstrating faith in God’s Word. First...

Jesus Christ is the Incarnate Word. He was not a phantom or a spirit when He ministered on earth, nor was His body a mere illusion. John and the other disciples had personal experience that convinced them of the reality of the body of Jesus (1 John 1:1-2). Even though...

We encourage others by our walk and our witness. We also encourage others by the way we go through testing. I like the way the New Berkley Version translates Psalm 71:20-21: “Thou, who hast made me experience troubles great and sore, wilt revive me again and wilt bring me up...

If you had lived during the Thirty Years’ War, could you have praised God? This war occurred from 1618-48 and was the last of the great religious wars of Europe, a conflict that began between Protestants and Roman Catholics. But before it was over it spread from Germany, where it...

It is amazing that two married people can live together and not really know each other! Ignorance is dangerous in any area of life, but it is especially dangerous in marriage. A Christian husband needs to know his wife’s moods, feelings, needs, fears, and hopes. He needs to “listen with...

How do you value your service to God? The way you look at it helps to determine how you will fulfill it. If you look upon serving Christ as a burden or even a punishment from God instead of a sterling privilege, you will be a drudge and do only...

No Christian rises any higher than his praying. Everything we are and everything we do for the Lord depends on prayer. Most of us would rather work than pray. But we know that without prayer our work is useless. What a difference it would make in our personal lives, our...

Moses was fortunate to have believing parents. For them to hide their baby son from the authorities was certainly an act of faith. Vance Havner has said, “Moses chose the imperishable, saw the invisible, and did the impossible.” Moses’ faith enabled him to face Pharaoh unafraid, and to trust God...

Paul was fond of athletic images and used them often in his letters. The Corinthians would have been familiar with the Greek Olympic Games as well as their own local Isthmian Games. Knowing this, Paul used a metaphor very close to their experience. An athlete must be disciplined if he...