Eight Tough Questions
If you are willing to hear from the mouths and hearts of lost people, and if you really believe that lost people matter to God, you need to take a few minutes and read this article. Let us be reminded that evangelism, included personal evangelism, begins with God. It is not some human endeavor that […]
Some Prices Are Just Too High
Would you sell your self-respect or personal integrity? Some prices are just too high. You have heard about the cases. A prospective employee is found to be lying about his career achievements or student is caught falsifying transcripts and references in an effort to get into graduate school. For some, the issue in such decisions […]
Children Learn What They Live
The New Testament famously tells fathers to bring their children up “in the training and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). We are assured by the inspiration of God that if we bring our children up properly, when they are older they will not turn from it (Proverbs 22:6). But a part of raising children […]
Lowell’s Syndrome
In 1877, Percival Lowell heard that an Italian astronomer had seen lines crisscrossing the surface of Mars. Lowell spent the rest of his years squinting into the eyepiece of his giant telescope in Arizona, mapping the channels and canals he saw. He was convinced the canals were proof of intelligent life on Mars. About the […]
The Baptism of John
John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus. When asked who he was, he responded, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord” (John 1:23). He is mentioned by two Old Testament prophets (Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5-6). Jesus highly esteemed John by saying, “Of men born […]
