Before we can love and respect strangers, we must love and respect our parents. This is much easier if the parents are what they should be but God did not say that ungodly living on their part exempts us from keeping this command. His blessing will go to those who obey.
Like a compass, the conscience guides us, helps us keep our moral bearings, know what is right and wrong. The Word of God and a sharp conscience will help us sort through the confusing situations that life sometimes brings us. Learn how to keep a good conscience, void of offense, before God and men.
Is consecration the same as dedication? Does consecration have anything to do with choices? Who has the first word when it comes to the decision a consecrated Christian needs to make? And who will have the last word?
The virtue of contentment is not natural to the human heart. Even back in the early church materialism was a danger that Paul was led to warn others off.
The criminal and the King were crucified side by side. Amid their punishment, the criminal was the first to fully see past the cross to the King coming into His kingdom.
At the heart of genuine Christianity, is a stunningly "other" way of life—the cross life. In a world defined by the dynamics of law, wisdom and power, is your life defined by the otherness of the cross?
From His very own mother to the religious Pharisees, and from John the disciple to the soldiers who crucified Him, many watched Christ die. Weep with those who wept; discover Jesus with those who discovered Jesus—Jesus, Who died as few men die.
Alcohol is the most destructive drug in general use today. The reasons for drinking are various but the results of using liquor are the same; broken homes and broken lives. But the real question for those who are Christians and drink is "What does God think of my using alcohol?"
This is a very real problem, and not just "out there"- it is native to us all. Life brings disappointments and pain and circumstances that we can do nothing to change, but God wants us to be overcomers, to get up off the bottom of life and choose to look at life His way.
The Holy Spirit pleads with lost souls to be saved today. Too many people put Him off and say, "There's plenty of time, I'll get saved later." If you are doing this do you realize the danger you are putting yourself in?
This article is a dialogue between Roger Hertzler and an atheist he met on the street. Roger makes some very thought provoking statements that point to the God that he believes in.
What does a well dressed Christian look like? In Colossians we are given a list of eight beautiful characteristics which will make the Christian spiritually well dressed.
Risking your life to obtain a trinket is foolish. Yet every day people choose sin's trinkets over eternal life. Perhaps this is because they do not know what the destiny of a fool will actually be like.