GREAT REWARDS AWAIT US WHEN WE RESPOND WELL TO DIFFICULT PEOPLE Have you ever met a person who just seemed to ooze grace and dignity, whose actions and words were conspicuously polite, tactful and well-mannered? Or perhaps you have seen someone on television or been aware of someone...
REMEMBER THE PRIZE AT THE END OF THE RACE Last week we said “Don’t resent exercise machines if you want to be fit.” In a gym, every piece of exercise equipment is there to make our bodies stronger in a specific area. Put them all together,...
DON’T RESENT EXERCISE MACHINES IF YOU WANT TO BE FIT Imagine it is December 31, and you have made the New Year’s resolution to become physically fit. So you go down to the gym, purchase a membership, and ready yourself for a fitter future. You take New...
GOD MUST BE GOOD IF HE IS TO BE WORTHY OF WORSHIP There are those who, presumably out of good motives, say, “We must worship God simply for who He is.” Well, if you accept some assumptions to that statement, it is certainly true. But on...
NEUROSCIENCE REVEALS HOW TO ACCELERATE THE PROCESS OF RENEWING OUR MINDS In Part I of this series, I made the point that the first step in escaping the riptide of modern culture is simply realizing that modern culture has a powerful negative influence on an authentic...
SCRIPTURE REVEALS THE KEY TO ESCAPING THE CULTURAL RIPTIDE Last week I made the point that the first step in escaping the riptide of modern culture is realizing that modern culture has a powerful negative influence on an authentic Christian experience. This week, we make the next...
MODERN CULTURE HAS A POWERFUL NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE I started last week’s blog by saying that every moment of every day something in our soul is being fed and something is being starved. Because we live in a fallen world influenced greatly...
POWERFEED YOUR SOUL WITH TRUTH, BELIEF AND REPETITION. Every moment of every day something in our soul is being fed and something is being starved. Because we live in a fallen world influenced greatly by the presence, power and corruption of modern media, the natural course...
GET READY FOR YOUR INDUCTION. In last week’s post, I talked about accepting the challenge to become spiritual olympians. I ended with the implicit challenge: What would God do in us and through us if we, as Christians, became as dedicated to our spiritual progress as...
GOD CALLS US TO PERMANENT EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT Mary Lou Retton was an American gymnast who took the gold medal in the individual all-around competition in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Her groundbreaking performance, as well as her buoyant spirit, made her one of the...