No doubt there are many phrases regularly quoted in your home. “If it’s not yours, don’t touch it.” “Think before you speak.” “It’s not done until it’s done right." One of the concepts repeatedly quoted in my home and ministry is: “If your philosophy doesn’t work 100%...
If we want our children to be confident and fearless, why would we teach them to flee? The answer is simple and profound; the Bible commands that every day we all need to courageously run away from some things and toward others. What should our families flee? II...
Emotional blackmail is a weapon that is all too often wielded by those who call themselves Christians. It’s brandished in the home, in politics, the workplace, and in the church. John Piper rightly observes, “Emotional blackmail happens when a person equates his or...
The Narrow Road Vs the Broad Road Text “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it...
Judging Rightly Text “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in...
“When the King [Josiah] heard the words of the Book of the Law he tore his clothes” (2 Kings 22:11, ESV). We have all heard of the Daniel Diet and Ezekiel bread, but how many of us heard of the Josiah Diet? With the Daniel Diet, one has to eat only vegetables and...
“And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name” (Acts 22: 16, ESV). Introduction Something that stumped me when I went to St. Louis Christian College was the above verse. It radically challenged my belief that we are saved...