My Dad, God rest his soul, struggled his whole life with self-condemnation as a Christian. I often heard him say to himself "You stupid idiot!", as he messed things up again and again. I believe that he died feeling very defeated in his walk with Christ. Somehow he had missed the secret to peace and joy.Some of you may be in that very same place. You've given your lives to Christ, received His salvation and Holy Spirit, and yet, it seems that you just can't overcome sin -- and you hate yo... Read Full Story

Many people today believe that Hell is a figment of the imagination -- that a "merciful" God would never consign unrepentant men to Hell. "God is love", they say, "and a loving God would never refuse to forgive me". And so they continue to trample on His laws, despise His authority, abide in sin, and presume upon His mercy. "But", Jesus said, "Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matt 10:28) "Unless you repent you will all likewise perish!" (Luke 13:3) You see, t... Read Full Story

There is a branch of Christianity that is convinced that lack of health and wealth is a discipline against your stubborn sin, or worse yet, an evidence of your lack of faith. Good luck convincing Job of that, but let's leave him aside for the moment.Christ was deeply loved by the Father, yet He had no place to lay His head, and had to fish for money because one of His disciples was a thief with even what little He had been given. Jesus hungered and thirsted. Jesus suffered poverty, disgrac... Read Full Story

Jesus makes some interesting statements in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 17. Let's take a look at a few:There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting! It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin. So watch yourselves! (vs. 1-3)I run into temptations every single day because here in North America I live in a culture full of temptation -- it's at the... Read Full Story

Scientists have recently unveiled research done on a fossil find they made almost two decades ago which throws a serious wrench into the "man evolved from apes" theory that has plagued our schools for decades.ARDI is the name of a "humanoid" that is neither human nor chimp, but throws a lot of scientific weight behind the development of a new theory that should completely rid science of its desperate search for the Missing Link.My question is, "Why can't they just finally admit that God crea... Read Full Story

Tired of how you look? Hate that crooked nose? The beady eyes? Hate that you can't afford plastic surgery? Frustrated that, for the most part, you'll look like this until you die?Well, for starters, God made you how you look, so it shouldn't matter how you fit in. "But God gives [you] a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body." (1 Cor 15:38-39) But even if God didn't make you handsome or beautiful, He doesn't care about that anyway -- and neither should you, the Bible says. Y... Read Full Story

You may be reading this post today with the sharp edge of betrayal fresh in your mind. Perhaps your spouse has been cheating on you, or one of your kids has just been arrested for drug possession, or that person you confided in went and blabbed everything all over town. And the anger in you is starting to swell; there are days when you simply lose control.Jesus can sympathize with you. But when we face these situations we must look at how Jesus handled Judas Iscariot, and take our cues and... Read Full Story

With so many temptations and pressures that our kids face today it is imperative that we as parents and grandparents pray every day for our kids. But what should we pray? Jesus answers that question in John 17."I have revealed You to the ones You gave me; for I have passed on to them the message You gave me. All who are mine belong to You, and You have given them to me; protect them by the power of Your name so that they will be united just as we are."Of course, He was speaking of His disc... Read Full Story

Go find your Bible, hold it in your hands, break it open before your eyes, and spend some time immersing yourself in it.Did you know that your Bible is THE ONLY ETERNAL THING that exists in this world? It is God's spoken Word to His people, and Jesus said: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Word will by no means pass away." When you hold the Bible in your hands, you are touching the only concrete piece of eternity in all of creation. Everything else is entirely temporal. Everything ... Read Full Story

In my 20-year ministry as a pastor I have met more defeated Christians than I wish I ever had to see. They know what pardon is; they know what it is to come to the Fountain; they know that they can come to Jesus in times of difficulty; and they know that they can return to Him with all their guilt and get forgiven; but if you were to describe the pattern of their lives in regard to sin and their desire to live righteously, they would tell you that for the most part they've been on the ... Read Full Story