Try not to become a man of success, said Albert Einstein, but try to become a man of value.
Too many Christians mark their Bibles, but their Bibles never mark them! If you think you are spiritual because you hear the Word, then you are only kidding yourself.
There’s no substitute for daily fellowship with the Lord in his Word and in prayer, and then walking with him in obedience.
The witness and the walk of the minister must go together, for the work that we do flows out of the lives that we live. There
The spiritual blessings that we need are not abstractions that elude our grasp; they are all in a person, Jesus Christ. He is our wisdom (Col. 2:3), our righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21), our sanctification...
The person whose happiness depends on ideal circumstances is going to be miserable much of the time.
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes (Prov. 21:1 NASB). Micah had prophesied that Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2). By issuin...
The cross was a divine assignment, not a human accident; it was a God-given obligation, not a human option.
The believer who harbors bitterness and malice in his heart is giving Satan one of his most effective beachheads! These
The Jewish rabbis call Isaiah 40—66 The Book of Consolation, and their description is accurate.
That’s what the Lord told Jeremiah: I am watching over My word to perform it (Jer. 1:12 NASB).
That’s the message of the gospel: the work of salvation is completed. It is finished. There’s nothing we can add to it, and to add to it would mean taking away from it. God offers the lost world a fin...
Some people hold back the truth because they think this is one way to show love. Others tell the truth but have no love. Jesus Christ is able to blend both truth and love, and this makes him an effect...
Some of your greatest blessings come with patience. When you must wait for God to act, you can be confident that He knows what is best for you and what will best glorify Him. Are you waiting for God t...
Saving faith involves the mind, the emotions, and the will. With the mind we understand the truth of the gospel, and with the heart we feel conviction and the need to be saved. But it is only when we...
Salvation is not something that God begins and we finish. Salvation is the work of God from start to finish. Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete...
People who live for things are never really happy, because they must constantly protect their treasures and worry lest they lose their value.
People still ask questions and hope the answers will be what they think they already know. They need to pray this prayer by an anonymous believer: From the cowardice that shrinks from new truths, From...
Paul was not a politician; he was an ambassador. His task was not to play politics but to proclaim a message.
Outlook determines outcome, and attitude determines action.