While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:6-7) I'd like to share the story of Christmas from...
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. (Prov. 25:25) "Good news gives health to the bones," wrote the wise man of Proverbs long ago (Prov. 15:30). Yet, have you noticed how little real "good news" there is anymore? First—you probably...
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33) An old adage goes, "The large print giveth; the small print taketh away!" And what does that mean? In a...
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. (1 Cor. 5:17a) At the age of 30, Howard Ball was a successful business man—not wealthy, but moving steadily towards his career goals. He was happily married and had a family. But in the process of moving...
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of...
Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. (1 Tim. 4:7) In the genre often described as biblical fiction is Dan Brown's best-selling book entitled The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novel is acclaimed as a cleverly...
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.(Isa. 11:11) An...
Be still and know that I am God... The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Ps. 46:10-11) There is an awesome sound to quiet—something that we mortals seldom hear because of the din and noise of life today. Babies don't come into the world...
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal. 2:20) There is a great deal of difference between knowing that Christ once...
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? (Mark 8:36) When the U.S. stock market crashed in 1929, J.C. Penney had made some unwise personal commitments. He became so worried that he could not sleep. Night after night...
Ukranian Anatoly Kaluzhny has proven himself to be a man to seize an opportunity. When the fall of communism allowed for open worship, Kaluzhny's New Life Church in Kiev held services in the October Palace, former home of the KGB, where 100,000 people were...
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1Tim. 5:8) A woman doesn't leave a man because she can't live on what he makes, contends an expert on men and women...
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