While Jesus and His disciples were in Jerusalem, one of His followers admired the Temple’s dazzling beauty. Jesus said it would be destroyed. Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked when this would happen. What signs will precede it?   Some see in Jesus’ response a timetable to predict the return of Christ. That misses His point entirely. He challenges you to watch. That includes living like a Christian during times of distress and upheaval.   Watch out because you can be dece

Are you a Christian who is like a cold glass of water on a hot day? Do your words, attitudes, and actions refresh others? Do you bring...

Without light, you would not be reading these words. I could not write them. Even if I could, you could not read them. Your eyes are useless without light. Furthermore, a dark world would have no food or water to sustain you.   A dark Earth would be unimaginably different. You would not be here. Neither would all living things--from the magnificent blue whale to the microscopic amoeba. Light spawns life.   The earth was once formless and empty. Darkness blanketed the oceans (

My first job was working on my uncle’s celery farm. I spent many hours weeding his celery plants, which grew in rows thirty inches apart,...

Andrew Cuomo resigned as Governor of New York State in 2021 after he was charged with sexually harassing women. In his resignation...

The LORD inspires and empowers my writing ministry of expressing Christian truths simply. My primary spiritual gift is teaching through...

Being brought up in the church, I had certain advantages. Church attendance was a habit (my father enforced it!). I regularly heard God’s...

Buying lottery tickets is not a wise investment. Buyers are more likely to be struck by lightning during their lifetime or die in an...

Do you ever go to a room and forget why? Far more seriously, do you frequently forget your spiritual responsibilities?   Nehemiah was the...

Prosperity is a tougher test than adversity. Wading through adversity is no picnic. When a loved one is dying of cancer, it’s hard....

I admit I drive faster than the posted speed limits. A friend says one can get away with traveling at the posted speed limit plus nine...

About 30 years ago, a woman in my congregation commented on my gray hair. I said, “I did not have that before I came to this church!”   I...

John, the son of Zebedee, had a grand vision of Jesus Christ one Sunday while working at a prison camp on the Isle of Patmos. As a...

The Stable Path   If we heed evil advice, we will eventually live as evil people do. They will tempt us to adopt the most fatal of evil...

As believers, we are on earth to live for Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:15). It is the right and best thing to do. But too often, lesser...

The laborers and their wives in Jerusalem were upset and on strike. They had their reasons. Some could not feed their families (Nehemiah...

Dr. Peter Drucker said, “Once the facts are clear, the decisions jump out at you.” 1 Wise decision-makers collect pertinent facts.  ...

Facts build knowledge as bricks build a house. True wisdom is the mortar that makes the bricks useful. So, what is true wisdom? Where can...