Image by Dimitris Christou from Pixabay Every person I know, even the ones who say they are happy with the way they are, desires to change at least one thing about themselves. Just look at a bookshelf of self-help books. They must be one of the largest genres for nonfiction…
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay I’ve met many Christians in my ministry that still struggle with staving off sin. They think holiness is the battle to stop sinning. I get question after question on how to stop it. Everyone was looking for a magic bullet to live a holy…
Image by Frauke Feind from Pixabay Everybody is concerned about their image. Our culture tells people that they are overweight. Multiple commercials bombard us in the middle of every TV show break touting this weight-loss system or that one. But the thing is that we all know food is only…
Image by Torulus from Pixabay How do we use the sword of the Spirit, our Bibles? Ephesians, where Paul mentions the sword of the Spirit, clarifying that it is the Word of God, is a prison epistle. It was written when Paul was imprisoned under house arrest in Rome from…
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay I like being an American citizen. We enjoy many freedoms that the rest of the world either emulates or doesn’t have at all. But on the other side of that coin, we have many people who are fighting for more rights they think are important.…
Image by Defence-Imagery from Pixabay When I talk about holy living, I often hear saints say, “You talk an awful lot about victory over sin but what about the flesh that we are constantly fighting?” I want to be careful not to minimize the battle we face. On the one…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay People are always searching for the latest shortcuts and ways to get around things. One of the most popular approaches to shortcuts right now are hacks. Although hacks don’t always have to be shortcuts, they usually are ways to do things better. Sometimes these…
Image by annca from Pixabay The American spirit is one like never before in human history. We do things the way we want. We are built on an individualistic society. It’s all about us. Unless a tragedy happens. And then we bind together like most nations. But you can get…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay We all have an inner voice that tells us all kinds of things. Sometimes we say to ourselves, “How could you be so stupid.” Other times we tell ourselves encouraging words like, “Nailed it!” But we all have that inner voice. It’s our biggest…
Throughout the world treaties have been signed to limit what most humans consider inhumane activity. War criminals are in prison because they violate these human sensibilities. We avoid wars using chemical warfare because of what it does to the human body. The belief is that no human deserves that kind…
