False Teachers

We read in 1 Timothy 6:3-4a, “If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing.” False teachers impart a...

Zealous for God

Halford Luccock (a Methodist pastor and former professor of preaching at Yale Divinity School) commented, “I was impressed several years ago when I read that Eugene Ormandy dislocated a shoulder while directing the Philadelphia Orchestra.  I do not know what they were...

Choosing to Obey

We will experience genuine blessing and fulfillment in life when we choose to obey the Lord and fully follow Him.  We have to decide in life, will we obey and follow the Lord – no matter what? At a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Bobby Richardson,...
Independence Day

Independence Day

Today is July 4th!  We celebrate the 248th birthday of freedom for our country.  Independence Day commemorates the independence we have as a nation.  On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from England, and the United States of America was born.  Every day...

Life-giving Water

Did you ever consider that when we respond to others, we are responding to Christ?  Dietrich Bonhoeffer said it well in his book, The Cost of Discipleship: “The bearers of Jesus’ word receive a final word of promise for their work.  They are now Christ’s fellow...

Put Off . . . Put On

The Apostle Paul calls us “to put off [our] old self, which belongs to [our] former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires (Ephesians 4:22) . . . and then he counsels us “to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness...