One of the fruits of brokenness is our pliability in the hands of God. Are we experiencing less resistance to our own will and yielding more to His will? Secondly, the fruit of brokenness is empathy and sympathy with others who are hurting...
READ MOREIf we have learned anything from this time of protracted legal wrangling, it is that words are very important. The importance of words, however, lies not only in their definition, but also the context in which they are used. Fear is often d...
READ MOREIn 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Paul wrote, “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” This verse disturbs many sincere believers. Sometimes it disturbs me! Is Paul telling us to give things even for ...
READ MORE"Be holy, for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16), but "No one is good but One, that is, God" (Mark 10:18). How can God command us to be holy when He knows we can't attain it? The key is in one's approach. A rich young ruler and the Apostle Paul rep...
READ MORESome very good people may not have thought this through. I am absolutely convinced that alcohol has wrecked more lives and more homes than any other drug. So, why would Christians want to play in the devil’s backyard? Too many believers w...
READ MOREFirst of all, in Ephesians 4:4 we read that there is only one body. That one body is the church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Now, it doesn’t say one congregation. The body of Christ is bigger than one congregation, but there is one...
READ MOREThe marriage covenant is the most sacred relationship we can enjoy on earth. It is a gift from God and I am always grieved when I hear of it being broken. In this case, you are burdened with two extremely difficult issues at the same time—...
READ MOREDivorce tops the list of symptoms in the spiritual vacuum of today's culture. Few if any families escape its devastating effects. Convenience and selfishness, not conviction, is of primary importance in our society and that has crippled th...
READ MOREThe divorce rate of second marriages is much higher than in first marriages, and increases as the number of marriages grows. There are several reasons for this. First, people don't fix the problems that led to their first divorce. Second, ...
READ MOREGod’s plan for marriage is for a man to be “joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). What your son-in-law is asking is for you to become an intrusion into that flesh. In a body, if one part is wounded other part...
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