“After we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of...

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found...

When Satan is battering us down, we get depressed and worn out. That means our feelings are all jumbled and unreliable. I repeat: our...

Romans 12:10 calls us to “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.” Devotion. Loyalty. Not really a word that is heard much in our...

The other day, I was praying and found myself saying urgently, “God, don’t fail me!” I stopped, caught by my own words. I was praying to...

“Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” (II Timothy 3:12) When one reads the Beatitudes (Matthew...

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” (II Corinthians 4:17)...

“If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you...

“Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we...

Imagine a man. A strong man and a rugged one. A man who was comfortable trekking through the wilderness, who wasn’t worried about what he...

Have you ever prayed – with despair wrenching your gut, doubt tearing at your mind, discouragement dragging you down, desperation...

It’s easy to get tied in mental knots when we are in pain. Sometimes we assume that God causes all our pain, or that all pain is the...

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we...

In Romans 11:33 we read, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and...

“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 2:3 In a culture that preaches instant gratification, aspirin for...

This morning I considered two quotes. One is from a movie version of the Agatha Christie novel Death on the Nile, where a self-centered...

“Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may...

It is easy – and understandable – to feel overwhelmed when confronted with evil on a huge scale. We tend to think, “What difference can I...

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being...

I want life to be easy. I want following God to be easy. At my core, I think that if I’m obeying God and working for his kingdom, then...