God Rewards Faithful Service
GOD REWARDS FAITHFUL SERVICE Trying to live for God can be difficult. Ask Isaiah or Jeremiah or even John the Baptist. They were persecuted, some even killed. Sometimes it seems …
Satan Picks on Adopted Children
SATAN PICKS ON ADOPTED CHILDREN (This is blog 18 in the series “Names of Satan.”) One of the worst things someone can do is to pick on and bully someone …
Now That Christmas is Over
NOW THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER…. For the past several weeks our lives have been pointing toward December 25. Some count down the days until Christmas with dread (because of …
Keeping Christmas Fresh
KEEPING CHRISTMAS FRESH It’s that time of the year when we are continually reminded that God left heaven and came to earth as a baby. I think there are two …
Controlling Your Anger
CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER (This is blog 17 in the series “Names of Satan.”) Satan is called Evil One (John 17:5), Wicked One (Ephesians 6:16), Lawless One (2 Thessalonians 2:8-10) and …
How To Study the Bible
HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE A good detective, a scientist, a doctor and a Bible scholar all share one trait in common – they know how to ask the right …
Satan: Evil Personified
SATAN: EVIL PERSONIFIED (This is blog 16 in the series “Names of Satan.”) We’ve seen many names of Satan that show how awful he is: Dragon, Lion, Deceiver, Murderer, Accuser, …
Running on an Empty Tank
RUNNING ON AN EMPTY TANK Sometimes when I get busy running errands, I forget to put gas in my car. I have too much to do to stop so I’ll …
Are You Growing Spiritually? 2
ARE YOU GROWING SPIRITUALLY? HERE’S HOW TO TELL – 2 We have been looking at ways to measure our spiritual growth. We talked about yearning more and more for heaven, …
Are You Growing Spiritually? 1
ARE YOU GROWING SPIRITUALLY? HERE’S HOW TO TELL – 1 Are you growing spiritually? How can you tell? When my children were young, we measured their growth every 6 months. …