One of Dr. Bob Jones' “Ten Things to Remember,” was “You don’t find happiness looking for it. You stumble over it on the road of duty.” Happiness is not a goal to be achieved, but a serendipity on the road of duty.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that, “Religion is listening to what the centuries say to the hours.” We Christians need to understand what the centuries say to the hours. We need a new vision for an old task...
God’s Word gives us a recipe for a happy home, and, if followed, we can have a home where biblical harmony can prevail. But the recipe must be followed daily...
The greatest act of love is letting go. Even if it means drowning in darkness, if it is by guiding the child towards the light that you save them. This is illustrated continually through life’s great tragedies and sorrows. Why would a parent let go of a precious child, we ask. But there in Lk. 15 is the most telling example of this: a son bored with life and a father crying himself to sleep in concern for his prodigal son. Even there the story has a happy ending.
For those with tear-stained faces, broken hearts, and deep hurts....Psalm thirteen is not fast food for the soul. It is rich, profound truth intended to change us...
We Christians need not speculate about life on other planets or exactly how far this galaxy is from the next one. We need not ponder over the questions that baffle scientists who earnestly seek to recalibrate the facts of reality with their evolutionary mythology. We do not turn to religion to solve the mysteries of life and existence – we turn to Jesus. We look to Immanuel, “God with us.”
Are you a member of a church? Many modern American Christians minimize the importance of church membership. Salvation, church attendance, or other matters may be emphasized, but somehow church membership is not. Why? Let’s explore....
Psalm 92:12 tells us that “The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree.” But just what does that mean?
It is nothing less than character assassination and complete lack of love and truth; and it's unfortunately the one sin we seem to get the most enjoyment out of.
