Image by Gidon Pico from Pixabay I know many people who love to travel. My mom is one of them. Put her behind the wheel of a car and she will drive all day long and enjoy driving. I know other people who hate to travel. We call them homebodies.…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Everyone wants justice in our world, even convicted criminals. It’s a common joke on all the TV shows that if you are in prison and ask anyone what they did, they say, “I didn’t do it.” But standing in the prison yard with the fence…
We live in a world of lies and falsehood. Much of our entertainment surrounds this principle. Good drama is based on lies and discovering the truth. A popular game nowadays called Truth or Dare forces the truth to come out eventually. If a person is unwilling to tell the truth…
If only we had the clarity to face every situation. But every story has at least two sides. Not everyone demonstrates godly wisdom. And we only have this human perspective, finite and imperfect. We don’t always make the right decisions. Throughout history, we have seen Christians make mistakes. The biggest…
Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay He crawled to the edge of the hill and peered over. There was really no reason to crawl. The enemy had no idea he was there. More than that, none of them were afraid of him. But one can’t be too careful. The enemy…
Image by Devanath from Pixabay It may not look like it when you wake up every morning, but you are in the middle of a war zone. We don’t think of this world like that as Christians. But according to the Bible, there is an unseen war, a battle for…
Image by ar130405 from Pixabay From the time we wake up to the time we lay down everyone wants to tell us their opinion about something. Our world is full of voices of various kinds. We watch TV and hear (much louder than the program we are watching) advertisers on…
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay around 10The world is full of angry and unforgiving people. It seems people don’t get along anymore. It’s noticeable in politics, but even in our culture no one can find common ground. Call me a cynic, but I am only characterizing the world the…
Image by Couleur from Pixabay I’ve noticed that unbelievers come to prayer in their lives when they reach a crisis. They reach a melting point or a crisis. And this is the time they turn to the Creator of the universe. But they feel out of their depth. They’ve never…
Image by Pexels from Pixabay The cares of life overwhelm us many times. Our trials and troubles are too numerous to count. Americans are some of the busiest people in the entire world. And the stress is killing us. We can’t sleep at night or concentrate at work or school.…