We are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die (Romans 8:12, 13).When I was in the Navy, we called the captain of our ship "the Old Man." Our Old Man was tough and crusty and nobody...
"For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ." - Acts 28:30-31Myrtie Howell was a devoted Christian woman who...
Both boys seemed too old for this historical merry-go round. It was originally constructed for the European show circuit, with classic artwork that had been painstakingly restored. But they insisted. Their tickets were purchased, the queue joined, and before long it...
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person -- though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die -- but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ...
Matthew 10:16 – I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. (NIV)Many mornings, my husband and I enjoy watching birds come to feed outside our window. Among them, we see doves, moving about gently and...
"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself." (John 12:32-33 NKJV)I have never attended a bible study group, nor have I been to church. My parents are not Christians, in fact, no one in my family is. I used to be an atheist. A firm...
"We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one." (1 John 5:19, NIV2)Dennis Vibert was far from happy. His little island home, known by the world as Jersey, had been invaded by the Nazis. His freedom had been...