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Have you ever encountered a situation where two people should have been in agreement, but they weren’t? Maybe it was your parents, or your boss and your boss’s boss, or two friends. You had a certain question, and you got a completely different answer from one person than from another. How confusing is that? This (…)
Imagine: your brother has been dead for four days. Grief is so all-consuming that every part of you feels numb. Your tears have dried, but the pain is far from gone. Then Jesus appears – your friend, who is considered the Messiah, who was prophesied, the Savior of the world, who performed amazing miracles. Only… (…)
“Life appeared, and we saw, and we testify.” — 1 John 1:2 In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine attracted the attention of the whole world. When the scale of the accident became apparent, government officials rushed to the critical task of containing the radiation. Deadly gamma rays from the highly radioactive debris continued (…)
One of the most important topics in the Bible is your own heart. Throughout the story of the Bible, God shows that He is not as interested in your money, time, or services as He is in your heart. Why is this important? Jesus taught His disciples that the heart is the center of our (…)
“And he began to ask everyone to cling to the Lord with a resolute heart.” — Acts 11:23 “Solid inspiration”. With this phrase, John Tolkien described the personal support that his friend and colleague Clive Lewis gave him during the writing of the epic trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”. Tolkien’s work on the series (…)
Have you ever stumbled in a dark room or tried to walk at night when there was no light? You may have bumped into a wall or kicked something. Do you remember how great it was to turn on the lights so you could see where you were going? God’s word says that we also (…)
“Who is a God other than You, who forgives iniquity?” — Micah 7:18 On the eve of the national holiday of Thanksgiving, the President of the United States welcomes two turkeys to the White House before granting them a presidential pardon. Instead of becoming the main course of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, turkeys will live (…)
Scripture is absolutely clear that Christians are to be known for their love. Again and again the Word of God tells us that love should be our most important quality. You may be familiar with the words of Jesus in Matthew 22:36-40, where He says that the greatest commandment is to love God with all (…)
“God is light.” — 1 John 1:5 When the lights went out on the streets of Highland Park, Michigan, there was a longing for another source of light – the sun. The city did not have enough funds to pay the utility company. Energy workers turned off the street lighting and removed the bulbs from (…)
“You give them to eat.” — Mark 6:37 My friend and her husband could not conceive a child. Doctors recommended that she undergo an appropriate medical procedure. But she hesitated, “Isn’t prayer enough to solve our problem? Do I really need to do this procedure?” My friend was trying to understand what role human actions (…)