No Pain, No Gain.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2013 The Christian life is the greatest life there is. God takes a life that was empty and aimless and, worst of all, headed to a certain judgment, and he turns it around and transforms it. That…

The Stench of Sin

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit…

The Star of Revelation

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts…

To Enlarge Our Hearts

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven…

Amassing wealth

Is amassing wealth wrong? Amassing wealth is not wrong, if you have the right motives for accumulating wealth. God wants us to be good stewards of the resources He has loaned to us while we are in this world. We…

Consumption

The U.S. consumerism is well known throughout the world. We make up only four percent of the world’s population. Yet, we operate one third of its automobiles.  As U.S. citizens, we consume one quarter of the world’s global energy supply(1). Is…

Power in United Prayer

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2013 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered…

Passing Inspection

MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. —2 Corinthians 5:10 If…

The lesson of the tortoise

I am sure that many, if not all of you, have read the children’s book The Tortoise and The Hare. If you have not read the book, it is the story of a rabbit challenging a tortoise to a race. Well, we…