Together, we can all take a stand. If we don’t, our children and grandchildren will not be visiting public libraries to seek out battered old paperbacks containing human-produced magic. They will be listening to AIs reading them AI-created stories through their neuralink brain chips.   Our conventional response to all media, namely that it is... Continue Reading

The principle is simple. When we recognize and are willing to use whatever we have close at hand, when we move forward in faith, transformation happens.   Availability can be transformational. What was Moses’s rod became the rod of God. Moses still carried it; however, ownership changed due to availability. Some people live in frustration... Continue Reading

When the church is tempted to fashion new offices or to extend the functions of church office beyond the officers of the church, ordination provides something of a reset. Ordination presents to the church those men whom Christ has already placed into office inducting men whom Christ has called, through his church, into office.  ... Continue Reading

Moses told Israel that “the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way until you reached the Promised Land” (Deuteronomy 1:31). In Christ we have inherited the promised estate and the Lord will carry us home. He is our Dad.   Picture the young Paul growing up in Tarsus,... Continue Reading

To us who have rebelled against Him, God’s love may appear to be constraining, and so “unloving” to the modern mind, but in fact it is the deepest love of all—the love that wants us to come in from the cold and darkness of sin and bask in the glorious light of His eternal presence. ... Continue Reading

Why wait for heaven before I start to live like I’m going there? Why not live for the next life now? Why not make my life make sense in light of a holy God and our promised hope?   Lottie Moon once said regarding insufficient missionary support to China, “I wonder how these things look... Continue Reading

Muslims are right in saying that no creature should be associated with God in religious honors. However, the New Testament explains that Jesus is not merely a creature, but is the eternal, divine Son who humbled himself to share in our humanity to redeem us by his death (Philippians 2:5-8)….As Christians, we should help Muslims... Continue Reading

Gradually remind yourself of the truth you know about God, and apply it to your situation. Things like His knowledge, love, past faithfulness, unlimited power and infinite wisdom.   Sometimes the last thing we want to hear or receive is a motivational thought from someone. We can be so down or overwhelmed that even as... Continue Reading

Christ himself raises up certain servants. Some of them are vessels pre-fitted for destruction (cf. Rom. 9), but it is still God who creates them and raises them up. That applies to political leaders—not just in our country, but throughout the world. Similarly, God raises up others who serve him in righteousness and who are... Continue Reading

Millions of people believe they will be glorified because of something in the past although there is no evidence of present salvation in their lives. This is a gross miscalculation that will cost many people eternity. They will be shocked to learn Christ never knew them.   As we have seen for the past several... Continue Reading