CHRISTIANS MUST RESIST TAKING ON THE “COLOR” OF CULTURE AROUND US Chameleons are able to take on the color of the plants or other background in which they find themselves. They blend in so well that they often cannot be distinguished from their surroundings. Humans are the...
WE CAN CHANGE FROM WHO WE ARE TO WHO WE WANT TO BE I remember when I was still a student, hearing theologian and philosopher Francis Schaeffer say one of the most liberating things I've ever heard. He said most people get their values the same...
WE ARE PROGRAMMED BY GOD TO SEEK OUR OWN WELFARE, BUT WE OFTEN TRY TO FIND IT IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE OTHER THAN IN GOD The #1 reason we act the way we do is that we think it will bring us the greatest happiness. That...
WE DON’T “OWN” TRUTH THAT GOES IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER Truth is vital to everyone. It does no one any good not to operate on the basis of truth. This is especially true regarding the Christian life. Jesus said, “You shall know the...
WE MUST DEPLOY OUR MIND IN HELPFUL WAYS Last week we said that the Christian life, and the spiritual warfare that it inevitably involves, is a battle for the mind. If that battle goes well, our Christian life goes well. If that battle goes poorly, our...
WE MUST GUARD OUR MIND TO PROTECT IT FROM HARM The Christian life, and the spiritual warfare that it inevitably involves, is a battle for the mind. If that battle goes well, our Christian life goes well. If that battle goes poorly, our Christian life goes...
GROW CLOSER TO GOD BY GROWING CLOSER TO HIS WORD It is normal for Christians to long for a closer relationship with God than they have. After all, we cannot see him, hear him, or touch him, so it is natural for earthlings to long for...
WE MUST BE AS COMMITTED OUR “CALLING” AS THEY ARE TO THEIRS In the Winter volume DTS Magazine, the official publication of Dallas Theological Seminary, Tom Doyle wrote an article entitled “Persecution: The New Normal.” (Page 10) In it, he makes the case that persecution of...
GOD HAS CREATED US SO THAT WE CHANGE MOST EFFECTIVELY WHEN WE FOLLOW HIS RULES FOR CHANGE Last week, we looked at the power of matching methods to goals, and that when you creatively and effectively do so, your ministry can elevate to a level of...
YOU CAN IMPACT OTHERS BY PLAYING BY THE RULES FOR HOW GOD HAS CREATED US TO CHANGE Years ago when I was teaching Bible Doctrine at a Christian college, I announced the next major heading during a lecture: “The Derivation and the Perpetuation of the Immaterial...