No other relationship can take the place of a personal relationship with the Creator God....
A preacher I know has a daughter who keeps a daily notebook. On one page she had drawn a picture of her father and written carefully his name and address. When asked why, she explained. She had been w...
Are you going through a hard time? Maybe these words from a song sung by Kristine Wyrtzen will help you like they helped me. The song is called "The Fire." I've been through a fire that had deepen...
"The truth is that you can stand most anything, serve in any situation and bear almost any burden if you know for sure that God isn't angry at you." (Steve Brown, www.keylife.org) ...
That is the title of a novel set in India by Araundhati Roy. Even if one has not read the book, the title is intriguing. It sounds like the title for a sermon. We often speak of the great things God h...
Tancredo Neves ran for the presidency of Brazil in the 1980s. He boldly declared that if he got 500,000 votes from his own party, not even God could keep him from being president. ...
Recently newspapers carried the story of two women who had the same first, middle and last name, were born on the same day, and had the same Social Security number! It took a while to straighten out t...
A fourth-grader stood up in his public school class, giving a report concerning the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday. Here’s how he began:...
Howard K. Smith, the well known newscaster, said that his daughter was not at all impressed by his fame. Even though he had interviewed presidents, and had a nationwide listening audience, she was uni...
The leaf cutter bee cuts a round piece of leaf to line a nest. Then she cuts oval pieces for the sides. Here she lays an egg and places near it a paste of pollen-nectar to feed the larva that will hat...
In this week's sermon, you'll discover how to know God's voice when He speaks to us....
Recently in Bill Keane's Family Circus comic strip the little boy says, "Ah-Choo!" and his mother says, "God bless you!" He says it again and again she says, "God bless you." He does it again and agai...
If you have ever read the “Dennis the Menace” comic strip, you know that Dennis often comes up with some interesting prayers. ...
In his Church & Culture blog, James Emery White shares this: “If all else fails in passing blame, there’s always God." ...
Philip Nation
Have you ever met that guy who just knew more than everyone else in the room? Or wanted to prove it? Does knowing any of this make you feel better about life and eternity? No, as Ecclesiastes shows....
Many Christian women today view the sermon—the proclamation of the gospel—as the centerpiece of the worship experience. They yearn for the serious pastor to stand with integrity in the pulpit, open hi...
In his famous autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton wrote of the death of Christ and used three little prases: He was sacrificed for us, by us and with us. We understand that it was for ...
The hymn "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" has been a source of great comfort and blessing to many of God's people since William Cowper wrote it in the 18th century. Yet few people know of the unusua...