My cell phone tells me every so often that I am a candidate for falling. Evidently, the phone does not feel secure in my pocket. As I age, I look more and more carefully at my path ahead. I can be mad at myself or the universe that I am not as nimble of foot as in my youth, ...
“Endurance” refers to withstanding hardships, obstacles, and fatigue in your life without giving up. Perseverance is the persistence to continue working towards a goal. In this article, I would like to share that if we are going to stand each and every day for Yahweh, we ...
Courage is not an absence of fear, but rather, when you have fear in a situation (fear that you can feel in the pit of your stomach) and despite that fear, you move past it and act! That is courage.
God our Father gives us strength when we are weak. God helps us and has ...
1 Kings chapter 18 gives us great insight about not being of two opinions. I want to give you some background regarding this in Chapters 16, 17, and 18.
Ahab was the king of Israel, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him (1 Kings ...
By Jeff Deuble
Sowing seed is a rich biblical metaphor used by Jesus and the New Testament writers to give understanding on principles and dynamics within the Kingdom of God. It is applied in several contexts:
Morally
James says, “Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a ...
Can you believe it? We are five months into the new year. Some of you may be in a good place. You stepped out in faith, decided to try something new, and stuck with it. Others stepped out in faith, tried something new, and fizzled out along the way. And then, there are ...
The poor disabled man who saw the greatest sight of all
Daredevil is one of my favorite superheroes. He is blind. By day, Matthew Murdock (that’s Daredevil) stumbles around his office, relying on braille and his friend Franklin “Foggy” Nelson to defend the oppressed in ...
If you live in the western world, you live in a culture that tries to eradicate any physical or emotional pain. People go to outrageous lengths to avoid any unwanted situations, difficult people, and hard tasks which become a lifetime goal. Christian churches gain ...
Understanding how salvation works is extremely important. Sadly, there’s much confusion and deception over this topic in
Christianity today. I realize in an article of this length that I can’t possibly cover everything, but I hope merely to provide a biblically faithful, ...
Storms are not optional. Both saint and sinner suffer. We live in a fallen world with a spiritual adversary. As Christians, we contend daily with our old nature. We suffer at times for doing wrong and at times for doing right. We are vulnerable to sickness, disease, and ...
During my undergraduate studies, there were many students in my dorm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My hometown was a small oil town in the Alleghany Mountains much north of Pittsburgh. There were clearly culture differences. One evening, I was using the pay phone located ...
The Hebrew word chesed in some Bibles is translated “lovingkindness” and in other versions “steadfast love”. In Micah 7:18 and 20, chesed was translated “unchanging love”. Lovingkindness, steadfast love, and unchanging love combined provide a good definition of God’s love. ...
