History is about overcoming the opposition to God’s rule on the blue planet. The devil and the power of death are the enemies (Hebrews...

Christians receive the Holy Spirit in His fullness when they receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. I believe in the power of the...

Would a stranger watching you for a week suspect you are a Christian? Increasingly, your behavior can match your profession as you...

Jesus withdrew from Capernaum to the Sea of Galilee (Mark 3:7). The crowds easily found Him. They came from as far as one hundred miles...

The crowds in Capernaum swarmed around Jesus. Peter’s house was packed. The overflow blocked the doorway. Four men came carrying a...

The Gospel of Mark reports Peter’s eyewitness experience of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Mark wrote it...

Few people encounter Christ as vividly as Paul did on the Road to Damascus. But some do.   Sundar Singh was bitterly hostile to the...

Jesus’ ministry began after John the Baptist’s ministry concluded. There was more to the timing of Jesus’ ministry than John’s passing...

Jesus’ compassion leads to action. He has pity, shows mercy, and feels sympathy when you are in need. Your life is different because of...

We were in a small tent on a fishing trip in the Quebec wilderness in 1984 when the symptoms first struck. My father’s legs cramped...

Some stones are useful. Others are not. My house is constructed of useful mountain stone. On the other hand, I have removed more than...

A man in the pew once contradicted me while I was a guest speaker at a church. Awkward moment! Similarly, people often questioned Jesus’...

We often replace Christ in the driver’s seat of our lives. We obey selectively. That is foolishness because He is our exalted,...

Most of us battle feelings of inadequacy. The LORD’s total sufficiency is the solution. It is our choice. It is not automatic. He wants...

The Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., tells us a dense fog covering seven city blocks, one hundred feet deep, contains less than...

After a surgeon removed my cancerous melanoma eight years ago, I dressed differently. I wear a wide-brim hat and long-sleeved shirts...

When I was around eight, my father was about to punish me. Before he could, I ran out of the house and sought refuge in the nearby woods....

A church misprinted a hymn’s title in the bulletin—"Hallelujah, the Lord God Omnipotent Resigneth.” As we look at our world, we might wonder if it is so.   It is not. God is the Creator, Owner, and Ruler of everything. History follows His predetermined course.   Paul’s face turns red at the thought that God is unfair. He says people are not qualified to pass judgment on God’s decisions.   He refers to Exodus 33:19. It reveals that God chooses His objects of mercy and compassi

Proportionately, a bird’s wing muscles are over one hundred times stronger than the arm muscles of the strongest man. Compared to the...

Martin Luther experienced unimaginable faith-shaking adversity. When life became difficult, he would sing Psalm 46. He wrote a hymn based...