So here's the perennial question: Is the glass half empty or half full? You know the standard answers that supposedly determine whether you're a pessimist or an optimist. But pessimism and optimism are both over-rated …
Evil Forces United Against You? God’s Power Is On the Way
"When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." Isaiah 59:19 What is the most serious problem you have ever faced? Have you ever noticed that when the …
Emmanuel: God with Us
Last year at our Church's Christmas program, my youngest daughter, Laura (then 13) recited a poem she had written especially for the occasion. Then on Christmas morning, much to my delight, she presented me with her …
Your Physical Body is NOT the Temple of the Holy Ghost
You're probably familiar with the often quoted Scripture, I Corinthians 6:19, 20 Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? …
God Did Not Make You “a Little Lower Than the Angels.”
I love these verses from Psalm 8. They speak of how God made us in His glory and gave us dominion. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is …
Was It Really God Who Told Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac?
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the …
How Much Bread Can You Eat in a Day?
"Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 I've often been grateful Jesus reminds us in the Lord's Prayer to only ask for a day's worth of bread. I mean, what would you do with a year's supply? There …
