"It's pretty easy to be a fan, says James Grogan, pastor of Eastlake Church in Chula Vista, California. 'A fan's investment level is shallow—tuned in now, tuned out any moment now. That's how many people regard Jesus today.'" Come to think of it, some treat Jesus like...
What do you do when you are afraid? That is the question that Andrew Brunson asks. Brunson is a soft-spoken man with a kind-looking face. He is also a man that knows something about fear. Brunson is an American pastor who was unjustly imprisoned by the Turkish...
Jesus was once approached by a rich young man with this question: “What good thing can I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus listed the common commandments that all Jews knew. The young man replied, possibly with some smugness, “I have done all of this!” as if to show...
How wonderful to know that God shows no partiality or favoritism. As Acts 10:34 says, God is no respecter of persons. What He has done for others, He wants to do for you. You don’t have to convince God or bargain with Him for what you need. You simply have to realize...
Love is all you need, sang the British rock band, The Beatles, in 1967, during what was called the “Summer of Love.” And whether or not the kind of love the Beatles were singing of is really what the world needed, it is true that our world would be a drab and desolate...
God works in and through the difficulties and problems that confront you in ways that you seldom see except in retrospect. That's when you look back and say, "Ah, now I can see the hand of God leading, guiding, and protecting me; but I certainly didn't see it at the...
Here is something amazing about God: He is for us, not against us! So often, especially if we have grown up in a home with a very religious tradition, it is very easy to focus on wanting to please—first our parents, then teachers, employers, and yes, God. Faith can...
On December 31, I wrote the following: The last day of the year 2021 is over. The world has now been struggling for two years with this pandemic and it appears that we are heading into another year of COVID…as we sigh, we wonder, will the world ever be as before?...
As the new year dawns, let’s join together in prayer, asking God for a great revival to sweep across our country and around the world. When we look back in history, the First Great Awakening from 1735 to 1740 absolutely transformed the Colonies. Without it, there...
At Christmas we celebrate the coming of Jesus, the Word made flesh. He is not just words on a page, but the Living Word. He is the I Am—the Way, the Truth, and the Life. And He desires to reveal Himself to us. He tells us, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If...