The Malady that Afflicts God's People By Dr. Joe McKeever The consistent, historic malady afflicting the people of God. “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me” (Matthew 15:8). Some of us are Christians just around…
What is Your Christian Hope? By Dr. David R. Reagan In 1 Corinthians 13:13 the apostle Paul wrote that there are three cardinal Christian virtues “faith, hope and love.” As I was thinking about this statement one day, it suddenly occurred to me that I had heard hundreds of sermons…
Two Roads, Two Gates, One Goal A Bible Study by Jack Kelley “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and…
Dancing with Devils By Timothy Buchanan Baseless criticisms foisted upon the Church are cyclic. They repeatedly appear, are confronted and debunked by one generation, only to reappear in a future generation. Some of these, like the wholesale condemnation of the Crusades, recur primarily as the result of historical ignorance by…
Remember the Prisoners, As Though in Prison with Them...(Hebrews 13:3) By Joy Lucius The four concrete walls of his dark, dank cell smell of stale sweat and human waste. Rusty brown stains from his blood discolor faded, tattered clothing. His solitude is almost palpable. From outside his cramped cell, a…
Praying Psalm 91: Strong Protection By Joseph Parker “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” ” Psalm 91:1-2…
Success Is Not In Never Falling, But In Always Rising Again By Jack Kelley Some of the Bible’s greatest heroes experienced huge failures. I forget who first spoke those words … but I remember them being used frequently by a former associate, Chuck Coonradt. (He once mentioned my name in…
‘Don’t Look Back’ By Rob Pue Memories are great. They can bring us such joy, as we leaf through the pages of an old photo album, remembering happy times when we were kids, our first car, our wedding day, when our children were babies, our first house. God gave us…
Where There Is No Vision the People Perish By Jack Kelley If you can’t see the destination you can’t walk the path. A man labors for years building an enterprise. (Man is used here in the inclusive sense as in Gen 2:27; “God created man in His own Image...Male and…
Living for Christ in the End Times A challenge to prepare for His soon return. By Dr. David R. Reagan The Bible clearly teaches that society will degenerate in the end times, becoming as evil as it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37-39). The Apostle Paul, speaking as…