“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out” (John 5:28-29) There are more than a few Christians who don’t believe that Christ was actually raised from the dead. Yet the Bible teaches that His resurrection is as important as His death on the Cross. In fact, the Apostle Paul told believers in Corinth, “And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! (1 Corinthians […]

“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved.” (John 10:9) When my wife, Robbie, gives her testimony, she recalls having a drug problem as a child. Then she explains, “I was ‘drug’ by my parents to church, camp meetings, revivals, crusades—you name it. If Jesus was there, then my parents were there.” She does enjoy quite a heritage. Her mother is as godly a woman as you can find, and her dad has a true servant’s heart. Both have been faithful to their […]

“Instead, they were longing for a better country–a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.” (Hebrews 11:16) My pastor used the above verse during a sermon last week. Don’t tell him, but I drifted off to my years as a teenager as soon as he started reading it. It reminded me of something my granny once told me. I loved to hear her tell a story. One day I noticed a wedding band on her […]

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.” (James 1:2) History tells us that Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, movies with sound, and more than 1,000 other things. The truth is the quality of our lives has been immeasurably improved by the genius of a man who overcame dyslexia and found that there was a great deal to learn from the failures and trials that life brought his way. In 1914, the laboratory where many of […]