Peter reminds believers that they are only “sojourners” on earth. Life is too short to waste in disobedience and sin. It was when Lot stopped being a sojourner and became a resident in Sodom that he lost his consecration and his testimony. Everything he lived for went up in smoke!...
Jesus did not think of Himself; He thought of others. His attitude was that of unselfish concern for others. This is “the mind of Christ,” an attitude that says, “I cannot keep my privileges for myself, I must use them for others; and to do this, I will gladly lay...
The home is the first place where Christian love should be practiced. A Christian home begins with a Christian marriage in the will of God. This means loyalty and purity. Sex outside of marriage is sinful and destructive; sex within the protective bonds of marriage can be enriching and glorifying...
How can mortal man penetrate beyond the grave and find assurance and peace for his own heart? From Old Testament days till the present, mankind has tried to solve the riddle of death and the afterlife. Philosophers have wrestled with the question of immortality. Spiritists have tried to communicate with...
While attending a convention in Washington, D.C. I watched a Senate committee hearing on TV. The late Senator Hubert Humphrey was making a comment: “You must remember that in politics, how you stand depends on where you sit.” He was referring, of course, to the political party seating arrangement in...
The world’s worst prison is the prison of an unforgiving heart. If we refuse to forgive others, we are only imprisoning ourselves and causing our own torment. Some of the most miserable people I have met in my ministry have been people who would not forgive others. They lived only...
God wants to use us to share the Gospel with both Jews and Gentiles. Jesus Christ wept over Jerusalem and longed to gather His people in His arms! Instead, those arms were stretched out on a cross where He willingly died for Jews and Gentiles alike. God is long-suffering and...
Peter made it clear that Christ’s death was an appointment, not an accident; it was ordained by God before the foundation of the world. From the human perspective, our Lord was cruelly murdered; but from the divine perspective, He laid down His life for sinners. But He was raised from...
The Gnostics believed that the angels and the heavenly bodies influenced people’s lives. Paul’s warnings to the Colossians about “new moon” and other religious practices determined by the calendar may be related to this Gnostic teaching, although the Jewish people also watched the calendar. One thing is certain: such teachings...
The word covetousness literally means “love of money,” but it can be applied to a love for more of anything. Covetousness is the desire for more, whether we need it or not. Contentment cannot come from material things, for they can never satisfy the heart. Only God can do that....