Have You Prayed Today?
“Can I get a cigarette from you?” She looked pitiful. She was walking with a limp and her hands were shaking.
Have you turned away from God?
One of my recent columns, “What would you tell an atheist?” has generated many emails from both Christians and atheists alike.
What Would You Tell an Atheist?
What would you tell an atheist if he wanted concrete evidence before he would believe in our Creator God? A video posted on a Facebook page called “Jesus Christ is King,” led me to post the question above on my own page. Before I posed the question, I viewed the four-minute video called “Dear Mr. Atheist.” After watching it, I started reading the comments from others, left by both believers and nonbelievers. While a few comments of the almost 115,000 were kind, most were not. It was a battle of the believers versus the nonbelievers. Many comments were hate-filled. …
Could I just get $3 worth of God, please?
Scripture teaches us the only truly free people in the world are those who have made Christ their Savior and Lord and Master.
The Handwriting on the Wall
The handwriting on the wall of the restroom stall grabbed my attention. “If you love Jesus, add your mark below.”
Finding the “Dandy” among the “Lions”
The dandy part? I loved it! How often do we forget that sometimes the weeds in our lives—those “lions”—do have dandy parts?
Knitted Together by God, Connected Always
When my oldest son left for college, I cried. When it came time for my second to leave home, I said, “Do you need help packing your bags?”
Have You Committed Your Plans?
Becoming more like Christ is a process. Once we have rejected sin, we must begin to share His love with others.
Don’t just make resolutions…live for today
“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it”–Psalm 118:24 (NLT). Did you know that 97 percent of New Year’s resolutions are never fulfilled? Oscar Wilde wrote, “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” Although 45 percent of us make New Year’s resolutions, many eventually ditch them, with 75 percent making it past the first week and 46 percent making it past the six-month mark. According to research, most fail at following through because of unrealistic expectations, like “I’m going to lose 30 pounds by February …