This is all I heard when I had Laura’s broken cell phone thmkmg I had Just cured what was ailing it Thankfully though, I was made aware of the recurring problem.’ How do we know when we’ve lost our ‘signal’ with G d? 0 . When our relationship is not in-sync with His will? First…

By Joe Williams In the early church, we see that Christians were concerned with supplying each other’s needs (Acts 2:44-45, 4:34-35). Paul reminded the church at Rome of their obligation to care for “the needs of the saints” (Rom. 12:13). Elsewhere, we are reminded of specific needs like monetary support (2 Cor. 9:12), the need…

The Bible gives many comparisons of God’s constant care for r. His children. In the 103rd Psalm and in Proverbs 3, God is depicted as a concerned and disciplining father. Isaiah 27 mentions God as a gardener tending His garden. And in the 23rd Psalm, we read of God as a shepherd. But when God…

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hand trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing eyesight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When…

In some ways, being a Christian would be easier if you didn’t have to deal with people. You could just study God’s Word and have a personal relationship with God. But that lifestyle (isolation) isn’t what being a Christian is all about. If we are truly “Christ-Like” we must interact and have relationships with other…

History’s Channel ‘What’s the Earth Worth?’ This week the History Channel aired a special episode about the value of our planet. They examined aspects such as diamonds, gold, lumber, water, and nearly everything on earth and came up with a price tag. From their calculation, our earth is worth $6,873,951,620,979,800, or to put it in…

The apostle Paul reminds us that “not . emptat1on has overtaken you except such as is common t o man” (1 c 10:13}. That certainly applies to the dange f _or. . . r O expressing wrath and anger~ Anger m itself is not sinful (Eph. 4:2G), but how we express 1t can be! Even…

One of the basic doctrines of Calvinism is th · “b• . e 1mposs1 1hty of apostasy. This teaching says that once a pers b on ecomes a Christian there is nothing he or she can do to be lost One man went so far as to say that even if he murdered someone in…

The h\storv of Gideon is fascinating. There is a reason why his storv is so commonly shared with young people at Vacation Bib\e School, etc. But before he was smashing jars and b\owing trumpets (Judges 7:19-21), he was wrestling with difficult questions. ~nd Gideon said to him, “Please, sir, if the LORD is with us,…

When Elijah fled from the threats of Jezebel, he was asking God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4). The Lord then led Elijah to Mount Horeb (Sinai), where Elijah confessed to the Lord that he was the only prophet left. All the others had been killed (1 Kings 19:10). Even though Elijah had just…