“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” (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 […]

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32) Several of my readers have told me how surprised they were to learn that a child could walk into a public library and access pornography through the Internet. But one reader really struck a chord with me. “I don’t disagree with you about pornography and children,” he said, “but how do you get around the Constitution. Children, just like the rest of us, have a First Amendment right, even if it involves indecent […]

“In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” (Matthew 18:14) Make no mistake about it: We will be held accountable for the “little ones” that we lose. It’s a heck of a promise, but it’s one that God intends to keep because children are precious gifts in his eyes. So he will not listen to our excuses about why we didn’t pay closer attention to the threats on the moral fabric that he desires to weave […]

“The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19-21) I once knew a Christian who became so convicted about what his family was watching on television that he put it out in the street. When I asked him why, he told me […]