There are five things that have to happen in order for for us to become spiritually mature. If these things happen in sufficient measure, we'll become spiritually mature. If one of these things is left out, we don't become spiritually mature. Part of the process depends...
PEOPLE REALLY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THINGS Imagine being on a cruise ship alone. Everything on the ship is available to you, and all resources get magically resupplied when you use them. You can do anything you want, whenever you want, for as long as you...
THE BIBLE TELLS US HOW TO DECIDE Next Tuesday is an important election for us here in the United States and, in my opinion, it is important for Christians to vote. In this time of unprecedented political turmoil, it is a huge opportunity for Christians to...
LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A LIFETIME OF FUTURE LEARNING Over 30 years ago, I led a young lady to Christ. Several weeks later, she came back to me and said, “I need help. I don’t know anything about the Bible. I didn’t know there was an...
IF YOU LET IT, THE SMALL STUFF IN LIFE WILL BUILD UP TO BECOME BIG STUFF Some years ago, I flew to Chicago on Friday night to speak at an all-day seminar the next day. I felt like I was getting sick, so getting a good...
WE CATCH OUR VALUES THE SAME WAY WE CATCH THE MEASLES When I was in college, Francis Schaeffer, a noted American theologian and philosopher of the time, wrote that people get their values the same way they get the measles – by being around others who...
OF ALL THE THINGS A CHRISTIAN SHOULD DO, ONE THING STANDS OUT When I first became a Christian, the gentleman who led me to the Lord gave me one piece of advice that, in retrospect, was worth its weight in gold and changed my life. In the...
WE AUTOMATICALLY BECOME LIKE WHAT WE PUT INTO OUR BRAINS Have you ever struggled with why you don’t grow spiritually as fast as you would like to? Have you ever thought that you ought to be further along in your spiritual life than you are? I know...
HOW WE WORK REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO GOD My father taught me to do my work well. He taught me to show up on time, work hard while I was there, and not quit until the job was done. I remember a time I learned firsthand the...
IT MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE TODAY THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY One of the greatest challenges facing the church in America today is the shallow-ization of Christianity. For the last several decades many of us have read the statistics generated...