All of us need all of the Bible. The Old Testament helps us to understand New Testament Christianity. Both sections of the Bible speak of promises, an inheritance, action and warfare, glory, excitement. Of course, the Old records the conquering of an earthly land, while the New shows how this illustrates the inner, spiritual conquest… Read More ›

  The Devil’ s drugstore is well stocked. He provides depressants, false stimulants and plenty of irritants. If we are susceptible to moods, life’s way can be rough. Paranoia is an inner condition that makes us prone to these emotional struggles. Now, the paranoid person really does not have an illness as such. He may… Read More ›

“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” That is the key sentence from our text, Matthew 19:4-6. The human race is sustained through marriage. Marriage is the general rule for all men. No one should seek to avoid it and remain single unless they are specially led by God to do so…. Read More ›

Poor Phil was caught. He had lived a lie for 3 days, skipping school. Now, his disappointed father directs him to the attic stairs where he is to be punished by confinement. His bed is moved up and meals will be brought to him — for three days and nights. S. D. Gordon’s tender account of… Read More ›

Alcohol, Sexual and the Like Think on these things: Question: Is the chemical imbalance in the addict’s system the cause or the effect of violation of God’s commands? Many habitual evils affect aspects of the physiological system. 2-Fold Blame                                        Grace for Each for the habit’s origin                         1.  forgiveness for its continuance                            2.  enablement In order for… Read More ›

Picture two men in the same town, the same night, each in deep, dark bitterness.  Their names are Peter and Judas, disciples of Jesus.  Peter had cursed and sworn that he was not a follower of the Lord, who was about to be crucified.  Judas had just betrayed Jesus for a few pieces of silver…. Read More ›

The half-way Christian home may be little more than a prep school for hell. This perhaps sounds shocking but it is nonetheless true! Get God’s view of the home by turning to the story of Lot’s family in Genesis 19. When divine judgment fell on Lot’s city, he lost nearly all he had. What is… Read More ›

Infants are subject to, liable to, death in both its phases: (1) inward corruption of character, and (2) physical death. The first phase of death is evident from the start of every individual life, requiring vigilance and diligence on the part of the parents to correct, restrain, and train. The second might come at any… Read More ›

“Even in laughter the heart may ache,” Proverbs 14:13. Often laughter masks the deeper feelings of one’s heart.  If unguarded, we tend to laugh out what is inside. Sometimes when, and at what, and how long, and how loud one laughs tells much about the laugher. The nervous twitter of a restrained person might be… Read More ›

Following is a letter I wrote to parents of a young daughter about seven years old whose newborn baby brother died, leaving her in inner turmoil. Dear — [Mother and Father] You are in our prayers these days. I pray that you will know his beyond-all-explaining peace (Philippians 4:4-7) and that this letter will help… Read More ›