“For whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23) We don’t think much about whether those who commit suicide will go to heaven. That is unless we are members of a family that has experienced the tragedy of suicide. I remember as a child, a neighbor hung himself in his dining room. We were playing football on an empty lot next to his home when the police arrived late one afternoon. We could see him hanging from a chandelier through the dining room window. I later asked […]

“‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this’, says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it’.” (Malachi 3:10) Before I share an experience with you, let me first say that I don’t expect anything else from God in return for what I do for Him. I’m just grateful for salvation and the opportunities He […]

“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.” (Romans 6:17) I understand exactly what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, “You used to be slaves to sin.” But I didn’t understand it until I was born again. Salvation gave me a whole different perspective about the life I used to live. The truth is I can’t believe some of the things I did, not to mention some of the […]

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 3:18) God has blessed me with a powerful ministry. My newspaper column, which is also featured on my website – www.devotions.com – is read by almost a quarter of a million readers each week. Two years ago, at the urging of my wife’s former pastor, we launched an email ministry for those readers who want to have my weekly column hand-delivered to their email boxes each week. When we launched our email ministry, […]