Take Up Your Cross

Take Up Your Cross

As a sinner a person makes decisions to do wrong and he lives with the consequences of those decisions. When he becomes a Christian, he makes decisions to do right and he has to live with what others think about his decision. Jesus warned that every Christian will be...
Miracle Escape

Miracle Escape

It’s not uncommon in religious circles to hear miraculous claims. Of the claims and testimonials heard, have you ever heard one claim a miraculous escape from prison? A number of years ago, I had the opportunity to cruise with my departed younger brother Victor on the...
Two Battlefronts

Two Battlefronts

A Christian friend from a third world country told me, “America is in a war.” That war is inside our land. It is a moral and spiritual conflict. We have been saying this for years, and we sense it now more than ever. To hear someone who was raised in such a different...
The Cost of Confession

The Cost of Confession

Serving the Lord comes at a cost. It’s been a very expensive undertaking through the centuries. Lives lost, jail time, friendships broken, rejection, all forms of persecution all resulting from confessing Jesus Christ is Lord. The choice is individual in nature to...
Suffering for Christ’s Sake

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...