Sin is part of the life of a Christian. 1 John 1:8 says, “If we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.” Romans 7:19 says, “For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a dark and sinister novel, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, and considered one of the 100 best novels ever written. In it, Stevenson writes, “Man is not truly one, but truly two. In each of us,...
The wildly popular Disney movie, Finding Nemo, tells the story of an overprotective clownfish father named Marlin, who searches for his son, Nemo, who has been captured by humans to put in an aquarium. The dad has to travel from near-disaster to near-disaster, all the...
Last week, we looked at the fact of the invisible world. Just as there are radio, TV, internet and satellite waves in the place where you are right now, so it is possible, even likely, that there are angels and demons where you are right...
My grandfather, who was born just before the turn of the twentieth century - before most homes even had electricity - got a television when they first became available in the 1950’s. The cultural jump was too great for him. One day, after watching one of his...
I heard the story once of an Olympic weightlifter who trained as hard as he could for four years for the Olympics, but still came in second. He knew he couldn’t train harder for the next Olympics - he had given it everything he had...
(This post looks forward to Independence Day in the United States, on the 4th of July. It is an update of the original post that appeared July 2018.) Here in the United States, Thursday is our nation’s 243rd birthday, and as Christians, we have the opportunity to reflect...
There’s a commercial on television now with a singer crooning, “I want it all...
Scripture has some intimidating commands and instructions about our relationships with others that could make us wonder if – to be a committed Christian - we might end up just being a doormat for others to walk on. Whoever wishes to be first among you shall...
When I read the Bible, it often seems backwards. Have you ever had that impression? Some of the things the Bible tells us don't seem, at first glance, to be in our best interests. For example, to save our life we must lose it, to...