Hardly anything is better than those first feelings of falling in love. A new—and perhaps unexpected— interest kindles in our hearts. Our emotions and desires are stirred, amazing and even frightening us sometimes. Flutters of excitement cause us to say...
A true disciple will soon discover there are no shortcuts to the process of Christlikeness; there are only ways to prolong it. Now seeing the multitudes, the Master ascended a nearby mountain, and as He sat, His disciples came to...
The Song of Songs changed my life—and I believe it can change yours as well. For many years I couldn’t get past what felt like significant barriers to my understanding and appreciation of the Song of Songs. My thoughts reflected...
The world is not falling apart; the world is falling into place. We are living in the best days of recorded history. You may wonder how I can make such a statement. I can hear your protests: “Look around. Don’t...
When the Messiah, Jesus Christ, came to our world, so did the kingdom of heaven. Christ did not isolate His message to one or two aspects of the kingdom. The headline “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”...
When Jesus spoke about the day of His eventual return, He made references to the days of Noah and the days of Lot, suggesting that the conditions and behaviors of the world in their time will reappear in the end...
Are You Keeping Your Spiritual House Clean? One of Jesus’ teaching stories, sometimes referred to as the parable of the unclean spirit, carries a profound message about spiritual and moral cleanliness, as well as the importance of maintaining one’s inner...
While the great falling away is bad enough in itself, we see from 2 Thessalonians that it is a precursor to something even worse: the rise of the “man of sin”—the Antichrist. Still, wouldn’t the church be enough of an...
Scripture says that as we approach the last days, we can expect to see more and more people falling away from the faith. Many who claim to be Christians and love God will deny Him and withdraw from all kingdom...
