What are you living for? Your paycheck, your spouse, your kids, the next high, or maybe your job or business. Or are you living for Christ? What defines you…Jesus or something or someone else in the world? Ever made mistakes… Read More ›
Christianity
The Way Home
“And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged… Read More ›
Faith…A Gift From God
Faith is a gift from God, but does that mean if God gives faith that we are going to automatically believe? No. Just like faith is a gift from God, breathing is a gift. God gives me lungs and air,… Read More ›
Making Good Time On The Wrong Road
One day I had a meeting in South Florida. When I arrived, I rented a car and I was surprised to find that they gave me a really nice one. I turned on the radio and found the most gorgeous… Read More ›
Saved or Lost?
Jesus said, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). To be saved is man’s greatest need. When I say that, I know that truth falls flat, because “saved” is… Read More ›
Transformation…Not Substitution
God is building His saints with spiritual steel so that we will have rock-solid faith in the storms of life. You see, God is going to put you in the fire of affliction to test you. Why go to all… Read More ›
God's Fire Of Affliction
God is going to put every child of His into the fire of affliction. Why? To test us. You see, the faith that can’t be tested is a faith that can’t be trusted. I hate to tell you this, but… Read More ›
Conversion Brings Conflict
There was a man who went duck hunting with the farmhand who worked on his farm. The farmer wasn’t a believer, but the farmhand was. The farmer said to the farmhand, “You’re always talking about fighting with the devil. I… Read More ›
A False Jesus
If someone comes to you and says he believes in Jesus, you can’t accept simply on face value that he believes in the Jesus talked about in the Scriptures. Once you listen to him talk, you’ll be able to discover… Read More ›
The Life Of Jesus
There has never been a man like the Lord Jesus. How holy, how pure, how sinless is the Lord Jesus Christ. John Phillips wrote some words about Jesus that deeply stirred me. He said, “His life was perfectly holy. He… Read More ›
Restoring A Brother
Galatians 6:1 says, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” A brother can be restored. That is good… Read More ›
One Step Away – From Jesus
I want any of you who read/watch this to really stop and listen to Mark’s words here. If you have sinned, if you have moved away from Christ, if you even have only considered Christ as your Savior – you… Read More ›
The Days Of Noah, Part 2
The Lord Jesus told us in Matthew 24:37, “But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” As it was then and is evident now, there are scores of philosophers, false… Read More ›
What Did Jesus Say about Divorce?
By Charles R. Swindoll Lately, the Western world has zoomed in on the topic of same-sex marriage, leaving the issue of divorce virtually ignored. Yet Christians and non-Christians alike continue to struggle through both considering divorce and the decision to divorce…. Read More ›
A Heart For Servant Leadership
It was 20 years ago last month. Adrian Rogers found himself at the helm of a radio and TV ministry expanding almost as rapidly as the flock he pastored—one of America’s largest churches. Someone was needed to help build and… Read More ›
The Days Of Noah, Part 1
The Lord Jesus told us in Matthew 24:37, “But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” As it was in the days of Noah, so it is going to be… Read More ›
Noah…Saved By Grace
Genesis 6:8 says, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” How was Noah saved? By grace. The only way that anybody has ever been saved in the history of the world is by grace. God only has… Read More ›
Jesus…The Ark Of Safety, Part 2
Do you think that Noah was safe in the ark? Absolutely. Now, Noah may have fallen down several times inside that ark, but he couldn’t fall out of it. Noah was as safe as that ark was safe, because Noah… Read More ›
Jesus…The Ark Of Safety, Part 1
God wants us to be saved so much that He gives illustrations all through the Bible about it. I believe one of the grandest pictures of salvation is from the story of Noah’s ark. Noah’s ark is a picture of… Read More ›
God Rebukes His Children
Can a child of God sin? Yes. Can a child of God sin and not suffer? Absolutely not. If you are living in sin and God does not rebuke and convict you, I wouldn’t give half a hallelujah for your… Read More ›
Four Lies That Ruined The World
taken from a message given by Adrian Rogers What do you think they are—the four lies that ruined the world? Communism? Humanism? New-ageism (or a whole bunch more ism’s)? Evolution? In Genesis we find four lies bigger than all of… Read More ›
Failing At The Point Of Strength
If you study the great men of God in the Bible, you will discover that they failed at their point of strength, not weakness. What was Simon Peter’s greatest strength? His courage. He said, “Lord, I am ready to go… Read More ›
Eternal Security Of The Believer
No one has ever been physically born twice. Have you ever known anybody that was born twice physically? And nobody has ever been born twice spiritually. That’s the reason we believe in the eternal security of the believer. Nowhere in… Read More ›
Being Born Again
Nicodemus, an influential Pharisee and a ruler of the Sanhedrin, asked Jesus this question, “How can a man be born when he is old?” Jesus responded in John 3:7 by saying, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must… Read More ›
Growing In Times Of Despair, Part 2
God is not nearly as interested in making you happy and healthy as He is in making you holy. Knowing that, you will then understand that sometimes God will bring trouble into your life. Psalm 4:1 says, “Hear me when… Read More ›
Growing In Times Of Despair, Part 1
What is God’s plan for you? God wants to enlarge you, not indulge you. God is not nearly as interested in making you happy and healthy as He is in making you holy. Knowing that, you will then understand that… Read More ›
The Pharisees and Today’s Church – the Same Now as it Was Then
Matthew 21:42-46 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore… Read More ›
The Keys To A Beautiful Life
taken from a message given by Adrian Rogers As Peter and John were entering the temple one day, they encountered a lame man just outside one of the gates. This particular gate was called the Beautiful Gate, and the man… Read More ›
Yes, Have Children
If I did not know what I know from God’s Word, I would be a pessimist. And I believe you would too. I would also be afraid to bring children into this world if I did not know God. But… Read More ›
Training A Child's Heart
A little boy was riding around and around the block on his tricycle. Somebody said, “Son what are you doing?” He said, “I am running away from home.” The man said, “But you’re just going around and around the block.”… Read More ›