Ways of Wisdom

Ways of Wisdom

Wisdom. What would you pay to gain it? But wisdom is something you can’t purchase with gold or a Ph.D. from Harvard. How many seemingly successful people do we know who suck at life and relationships? Because God alone is the source of wisdom. With it, He too...
5 Truths to Remember in the Dark

5 Truths to Remember in the Dark

Do you think you have problems? I suspect you would not trade your challenges for those confronting the Apostle Paul. Of the 13 books that he wrote, none is more intimate or personal than his second letter to the Corinthians. In this he wrote, “We are...
Hope: What Captures Your Mind, Masters You

Hope: What Captures Your Mind, Masters You

“Researchers are learning that a change in mindset has the power to alter neurochemistry. Belief and expectation—the key elements of hope—can block pain by releasing the brain’s endorphins and enkephalins, mimicking the effects of morphine. This is a...
How Good Must You Be for God to Love You?

How Good Must You Be for God to Love You?

“How good must you be for God to love you?” Ever have that question come to your mind? It came to the mind of a friend of Guidelines who wrote and asked if God performs plastic surgery of the heart to take away the scars of childhood. The listener told of...
Jesus, The Author and Finisher of our Faith

Jesus, The Author and Finisher of our Faith

Last year on Good Friday, I was awakened with the thought that I should look up Hebrews 9:6. So I opened my Bible and read, Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. I wondered...