What do you do when you've been insulted, slandered, or injured? Is your first instinct to seek revenge? The thought of "sweet revenge" is tempting.
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We are not born into this world spiritually neutral. The Bible says we come into this world separated from God. Yet He instigated a plan to restore that broken relationship.
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Writing in Psalm 139, David asks several thought-provoking questions. Having already marveled at the fact that God knows everything (vv. 1–6), he probes further: “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?” (v. 7). In other words, David asks whether a believer can hide from God. “Can I find an escape route,” the psalmist wonders, “from the God who searches me and knows everything ...
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The biggest celebrities in today’s culture aren’t movie stars. They aren’t rock stars or athletes. They are social media stars.
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In my travels, I am always amazed at the koinonia of the Spirit experienced by believers who gather around the Word of God. Loved ones may have rejected them for their faith, but a much larger spiritual family readily embraced them when they came together with like-minded believers. Koinonia is strange sounding to our English ears, but this New Testament Greek word for Christian fellowship sets us apart from every ...
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Jim Cymbala, author of Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, once said, “The great battle of our spiritual lives is ‘Will you believe?’ It is not, ‘Will you try harder?’ or ‘Can you make yourself worthy?’ It is squarely a matter of believing that God will do what only he can do.”
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Being a super high-achiever, I must confess I find it difficult to receive from others. Really difficult. Like you, I’m usually on the giving end, not the receiving. My pride fights hard to stay intact.
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Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” —John 20:1–2 NLT
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ stands alone as the single most important event in human history. April 13, 32 A.D. dawned like no other and turned the world on its ear—Jesus’ tomb sat empty. But that morning, Jesus’ loyal disciples sat in a cloud of doubt brought on by the difficulty of what they perceived to be true.
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By my early thirties, I started to ache for a relationship with my dad. At that point, we barely saw each other beyond Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July. After much prayer, I invited my dad to lunch on his birthday. We had a great time, and it became an annual tradition. A few years into this, we left the cash register and walked to our vehicles, which were ...
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