An Educational Nightmare
A seventeen-year-old boy once said that “union with Christ imparts an inner exaltation, comfort in suffering, calm trust, and a heart full of love for humankind.” He believed that true hope while living in a painful world is “childlike union with Christ and God, which...
Fix Your Heart on the Lord
“O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory,” and so begins the 108th Psalm. I would hope that as Christians we could all say that our heart is fixed on the Lord. After all, we owe our very existence to Him. What is it that we possess...
Skin for Skin
The devil wants to deceive us. Sometimes he does this by telling us an outright lie. He lied to Eve when he said, “You will not surely die” (Gen. 3:4). Tragically, this worked for him then and it still works today. At other times he is more underhanded. When he...
Suffering for Christ’s Sake
There is such a difference between the life of the Christian and the life of the man of the world that conflict between the two is certain. Jesus Christ, our Savior, suffered. We are no better than He was! If we follow Him, we will suffer. Indeed, Jesus told us...