C. S. Lewis wrote a book called, The Problem of Pain. Pain is a great problem but it also is a great time of learning. This problem isn’t referring to what is wrong with pain, but the depth of pain. A good life, or the abundant life, does not mean a pain free ...

Paul warned the believers in Ephesus that they must, “not give a place to the devil.” Satan is looking for opportunities to gain a foothold in our lives. He, “ … walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour,” (1 Peter 5:8). One of the ways that we give ...

Who would put themselves in harm’s way to fight for their brothers and sisters in Christ? Veteran Jordan Matson would, that’s who. As a nation, militarily, we have been fighting this “war on terror” for over twenty years. Our men and women in uniform have served honorably and achieved remarkable ...

“I believe you are the generation that will not experience physical death.” Those were the words spoken by Hal Lindsey, author of the Late Great Planet Earth, in 1967, at a Campus Crusade for Christ conference at Arrowhead Springs, California. He was referring to the rapture of the Church. That was ...

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, originally from Egypt but now residing in Italy and the United States, knows a bit about the crisis in the Middle East and its “war” on Christians in the region.  Ramelah is the director of Voice of The Copts (www.voiceofthecopts.org), an organization that has been spreading the ...

Winter is wearying.  The struggles it brings weigh down our days.  The bleak landscape and destructive power of winter can overwhelm even hardy souls.  The secular world names winter discouragement, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). With the light of faith, though, winter produces treasures.  The crystals of ice and snow proclaim ...

Do you realize that the very hairs on your head are numbered by our Creator (Matt 10:30)? Our Lord is omniscient, which means He knows all things, but sometimes we must wonder in awe at the numerical values of the universe. In Jeremiah 33:22, we are told that the host ...

For most of us, sharing our faith in Christ would be the last thing on our mind if someone was demanding our money and threatening to shoot us if we didn’t hand it over. But for 92-year-old Pauline Jacobi of Dyersburg, Tennessee, the opportunity to share her faith with the ...

When I was a little girl, all the things I dreamt for my future seemed very exciting, let me tell you, I was a big dreamer.  Someone must have told me I could do or be anything, and I believed it.  I had a nice list. Basically it amounted to being beautiful, being well-off ...

“You are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.”  Matthew 5:14 (NKJV) Jesus called His followers “the light of the world”.  By so doing, He reinforced the thread He Himself had taught them during their time together, which was the very ...