“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures ...
Read More »When God Lets Bad Things Happen
“How can we trust that God won’t bring any more bad things to us?” This was the question my son asked one morning. As I pondered the answer, I thought about the three Hebrew boys in the book of Daniel. King Nebuchadnezzar made a grand statue, a golden image that ...
Read More »Martyrdom: To Die For Christ
On Sunday, April 19, 2015, ISIS released another video allegedly showing the murders of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The video shows one of these terrorists reading a statement, in which he states that Christians have the option to either convert to Islam or pay a tax set in the Quran. ...
Read More »Child, I’ll Take Care of the Monster
Dear Jesus, There’s a monster in my room. But it’s not under my bed. It’s neither in my closet nor in my head. He’s very real and very ugly, too. The monster comes out at night, when everyone is asleep. When the house is quite and the lights are off, ...
Read More »Stalked by God
In a recent sermon, my pastor preached on Psalm 23:6. It begins, “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.” In this context, the meaning of the word follow is similar to the word stalk. Have you ever thought of God as a stalker? Me either. It’s ...
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