I felt the Lord impressing upon me to write about worldliness on this last day of 2009, completing the first decade of the 21st Century. Many Scripture verses speak on worldliness. The Apostle Paul warns us to not be conformed to this world: “I beseech you...
A dear friend recently lost his son who battled cancer for 11 of his 23 years, and although this young man was lost to cancer he was won to Jesus. As a father who has buried a son, the blow is devastating…survival is possible only through the grace of Jesus Christ....
Yesterday I received the following response to my devotional from a sister in Christ: “‘Will I awaken tomorrow seeking anew God’s will for me this day, or will I awaken ready to grab the bull by the horns only to find myself in the wrong pasture?’ That...
I am usually in such a hurry. I’m in a hurry to fix things; to correct mistakes; to bring about needed change; whatever in my mind I perceive needs my attention I go after it with zeal. That’s a good thing in small doses, but when I do so without any regard to...
Compromise breeds betrayal. By its very nature compromise tells your opponent and/or allies you are willing to give ground on the important issues in favor of attaining some measure of agreement. Nineteenth Century theologian Tryon Edwards once said, “Compromise is...
