Someone once said that sitting in church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes you a car. The apostle John would agree with that sentiment. His first epistle, the book of First John, is devoted to helping God’s people identify truth and discern genuine spirituality.
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Of all the voices we hear in a day, none is more critical to how we live our lives than the voice of Jesus! Throughout history, there have been many great orators and countless inspiring speeches, but none can compare to the words of Jesus. No one ever spoke as He did.
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Inner Peace seems illusive at times. The consistent overflow of information and entertainment that bombards us, added to the fast-paced lifestyles we are pressured to lead, can put us on the edge of our sanity and keep us there. While we are living in this zone, it's usually not a question of whether we are praying, but how we are praying.
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Fatigue. Anxiety. Stress. Temptation. Fear. Despair. Lies. Revenge. Sound familiar? These are some of the devil’s favorite schemes for eroding our faith in God. He wants us to believe that we’re stuck, that our situation is hopeless, that defeat is our destiny. If we’re not careful, these deceptions set us on a slippery slope to spiritual defeat.
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After describing the Armor of God in Ephesians 6, Paul envelops the entire metaphor in what is truly the Christian's primary source of defense and offense: "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints." (Ephesians 6:18)
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As a child, where did you go for answers? As a teenager, who was your "go-to" person? In your career now, do you have a mentor who helps you find the answers you seek?
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When American novelist and playwright William Goldman asked his two young daughters what he should write his next novel about, one said "Write about a princess," and the other said "Write about a bride." So he wrote The Princess Bride, published in 1973. Even though Goldman had won two Academy Awards for screenplays and wanted to sell his novel to a movie studio, The Princess Bride almost didn't make it ...
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When the psalmists saw the sun rise in the East and set in the West, they assumed the sun was going around the earth. It “rose” in the morning, traveled across the sky during the day, and “set” in the evening (Psalm 50:1; 113:3). They naturally assumed that the earth was the center of the heavenly domain. Scientists would later call this a geocentric view of our solar system (from Greek ge, meaning ...
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Chances are you’ve had a cup of coffee today, and the chances are the word “Starbucks” was on the cup. The now famous coffee company began in the Pike Place Market in Seattle in 1971. Since then, Starbucks has experienced the ups and downs of the economy, occasional missteps in corporate management, and the pressures of a rapidly expanding global enterprise.
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It’s no secret I’m a sports fan, but I hardly know what to make of the “extreme” sports that are so popular. Take BASE jumping, for example, in which athletes jump from dangerous locations wearing parachutes designed to deploy in tight spots. The word BASE stands for Buildings, Antennae, Spans (bridges), and Earth (cliffs).
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