“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth. (Hosea 6:3) The one Christian promise I don’t particularly like is the fact that Christian living will bring more than its share of suffering. But that’s exactly what Jesus promised us when He said, “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and […]

“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:25) When I was in my early twenties, my then wife and I would routinely travel to Charlotte to spend the weekend with her sister. She was married to a doctor who saw no earthly reason why he should go to church on Sunday morning. He could get all the church he needed from his […]

“Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.” There isn’t a Christian alive, or dead either for that matter, who hasn’t succumbed to temptation from time to time. After all, we live in the world, and occasionally, the world gets the better of us. When I was younger, I remember watching The Flip Wilson Show. Flip Wilson was known for one of the characters he played, […]

“Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” (Genesis 6:9) My wife and I vacationed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania several years ago. Lancaster County is widely known as “Amish Country”, but we found something much more memorable. Right there among the Amish, nestled in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is the Millennium Theatre, a 2100-seat state-of-the-art facility presenting Christian drama at its best. We’ve never seen anything like it. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been surrounded by more […]