“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out.” (John 6:37) Now that’s a promise from the Lord that we should never forget. Think about it. Once we come to know the Lord as our personal savior, we enter into a relationship through which we can count on him, no matter what! Easier said than done, huh? For the last several years, I’ve felt a call on my life. In a way, it’s […]

“I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 13:35) I enjoy parables. They are great teaching tools and were used by Jesus to convey spiritual truths that are often difficult to grasp. In Jesus’ case, he would use an everyday situation that happens in life to communicate how he felt we should live our lives, respond to life situations, etc. Jesus liked them so much that about forty of them, over a third of the […]

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23) When I started writing devotions, the publisher of the first newspaper in which they appeared warned me. “You’ll find it difficult writing a weekly column; coming up with fresh ideas. The grind can get you.” He was right; and I made it even more difficult in the early years of my ministry by holding on the notion that I needed to write a new […]

“And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.” (Matthew 24:11) I think the word prophet in the above verse has kept a lot of Christians from seeing that some of the preachers we see in the pulpit today are deceiving people, too. That’s right. Some of today’s most popular evangelists and pastors are teaching a form of Christianity that doesn’t line up with the Word of God. Now look here. I am not pointing the finger at you. The truth is what inspired today’s column was […]