“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2) The ink was hardly dry on last week’s column when a friend of mine approached me just before a service at a church I was visiting last Sunday. As I watched the orchestra ready itself for worship, he came up to me and asked me for my continued prayers for him and his family. I was mildly startled by his plea because when I looked into his eyes, I noticed a […]

“Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians: 6:2) I have a good friend who will literally step what he is doing and pray for me as soon as I tell him that I have a prayer need. It doesn’t matter where we are, or whether we are just talking over the telephone, If I ask him to pray for me, the conversation comes to a screeching halt and the praying begins. I love this guy, but I am not comfortable when he stops […]

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” (1 Timothy 6:10) There are many that see nothing wrong with gambling, After all, the Bible doesn’t expressly forbid it. In fact, the word “gambling” doesn’t even appear in the Bible, but neither do the words, “rape” or “drug dealer”. So is it biblical wrong to gamble? I had a woman telephone me the other day seeking advice for […]

“Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt…you can say to the mountain, ‘Go throw yourself into the sea’ and it will be done” (Matthew 21:21) There isn’t a Christian who doesn’t have doubts about his or her faith. Oh, many of us are too proud to admit it, and a lot of Christians would have those of us who do admit we occasionally succumb to doubt that we have some spiritual problem that needs to be fixed. The next time […]