“Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.” (Luke 17:33) Christmas is over and the new year is here. If you’re like me, you’ve already decided that 2010 is going to bring some major changes in your life. These “New Year’s Resolutions” are nothing more than outward and visible signs of things that are frustrating us in life. They are remedies to the failures that we have experienced. Interestingly, they often point to some our most glaring […]

“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, the departed into their own country another way .” (Matthew 2:11) We’ve all heard the story so much that a few of us could probably quote the verses. So why talk about the […]

“I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites.” (Psalms 26:4) When my wife and I first met, it didn’t take long for me to realize that her faith was very important to her. “You’re pretty religious, aren’t you,” I asked her on our first date. I’ll never forget her answer: “No, I’m not religious at all. I’m a Christian.” I couldn’t understand why she had a problem with being labeled as religious, at least not until I became a Christian and understood the […]

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 6:44) Consumer analysts who track the whims of shoppers report that gift cards are being purchased this Christmas season in record numbers. It is one more indication of the quality of life that we enjoy. In other words, we are hard to shop for because we have just about everything we need. Be careful if you were on the receiving end of a gift […]