Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility (more…)
The Remnant
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst. – Matthew 18:20
Nearly 3 billion people worldwide have never heard the gospel. We hear a a number like that and immediately feel defeated. We are inadequate for such a daunting task. What difference can one person make? What difference can one small church make?
Let (more…)
Feelings, Nothing More than Feelings
“Sorry, but I’m happily married.”
People use words like these as an out to an extramarital relationship, and we applaud them. “How wonderful that someone would cling to his marital vows!” we think. It’s all very honorable. Isn’t it?
Honorable on the surface, yes, but misguided at the core. Because, you see, such thinking is a subtle trick of the devil’s. He wants (more…)
The One That Got Away
Yesterday I received a magazine in the mail from my journalism school. I flipped to the back to see what some of my classmates had been up to, and I saw his name. His is the name that was announced as the winner of the prestigious scholarship I was supposed to receive. And for years I had imagined how my professional (more…)
Hope for a Hardened Heart
Once a week or so, I take my dog Churchill into a nearby nursing home for pet therapy and evangelism. People who may not otherwise want company from a person often want company from a dog. Though I’m the one with the name tag, it’s Churchill’s name everyone knows.
At 65 pounds, Churchill is a big boy. Some people there were once (more…)