The following are different answers given by school-age children to the given questions:Why did God make mothers?1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.2. Think about it, it was the best way to get more people.3. Mostly to clean the house.4. To...

Peter gave instruction to early Christians to be ready! “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15). It appears that Peter...

Can you see the distinction? In the first type of message, we learn what God did for us, what He’s given to us, and what He’s done in us. In the second type of message, we learn how we are to respond to what God did, what our corresponding actions are to be, and...

Have you ever stopped to think about the different types of messages that are preached from pulpits? Certainly, all messages are not the same. I suppose there would be dozens of different ways to classify and categorize different kinds of sermons, but I want to...

So what is our response to be? Are we to get mad at people and lose our enthusiasm in preaching the Word? Are we to lose heart and adopt an attitude, “Well, most people aren’t going to get it anyway, so why put forth a lot of effort in communicating?” Absolutely...

Years ago, I asked a number of pastors about the most fulfilling aspect of their work. While responses varied slightly, the majority of pastors said that they are most gratified and pleased when they see peoples’ lives changed through receiving and acting upon the...

The Good News Is that Once… “you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by...

We all know about Joseph and Mary, the Inn of Bethlehem, the shepherds, the star, and the wise men. They’re all part of the wonderful story we remember and tell this time of year. There’s more to the story, though. Obscure and often overlooked, buried in Matthew’s...