“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” (Proverbs 15:4) Friendly Fire – it’s a term we often hear during wartime. Simply stated, it refers to the discharge of a military weapon that results in the death of an ally or fellow soldier. In fact, we heard it last spring when it was used to explain the death of former Arizona Cardinal’s football player, Pat Tilman, who gave up his lucrative professional football career to serve his country in the war […]

“No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.” (John 3:13) Did you know that a Christian friend is almost twice as likely to lead your child or grandchild to Christ as his or her own pastor? In fact, a friend has a better chance of leading them to Christ than you do. These observations should not come as a surprise. We’ve all seen the power that friends have over our children. Jesus illustrated […]

“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’.” (John 3:3) He appeared three times in the Bible. The first, of course, was that fateful night when under the cloak of darkness, he heard that he must be born again to go to heaven. I believe that exchange with Jesus changed his life forever. I believe it because at the end of our Savior’s life, it was Nicodemus who accompanied Joseph of Arimathea […]

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry’.” (Luke 15:22-24) The Parable of the Prodigal Son: It is arguably the most “sermonized” parable in the Bible. But all of […]