Work does not get done without involvement. We can take note of a situation. We can have great attitudes, but it takes a willingness to personally involve ourselves if we are going to put those attitudes to work. However, when it comes to the effort of teaching others, we can feel intimidated. Sometimes, though, our Continue reading

If a Christian from our time was transported to the First Century, how would he or she find other Christians. They would have no Internet, no pamphlets, no phone books. Would they be able to simply notice the individuals who had calmness of spirit, purpose in life, joy, and love for others. If they could Continue reading

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how canst thou say to thy brother, ‘Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye,’ when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own Continue reading

But sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear (1 Peter 3:15). You have probably heard it asked at some point or another: if you were charged with being a Continue reading

And they seized [Jesus], and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed afar off (Luke 22:54). The night’s confused events were taking place rapidly. They had all spent the night eating the Passover with Jesus, and they all knew that the time was near. Jesus had indicated that Continue reading

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend. We took sweet counsel together; Continue reading

And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from [Jesus] for a season (Luke 4:13). Jesus’ temptations by the devil in the wilderness are a famous part of His work and life. Even though Jesus was physically weak and hungry, He did not give into the temptation to turn stones into bread, to Continue reading

The story of David and Goliath is a familiar one. In I Samuel 17, Goliath poses a threat to the nation of Israel. He defies the armies of Israel. He defies the power of their God. For forty days, none rise up to face Goliath until David intercedes. Many tell him he is unable to Continue reading

“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise” (Luke 6:31). Pretty much everyone is able to identify the Golden Rule, either positively understood (do to others as you would like them to do for you) or negatively so (don’t do to others whatever things you wouldn’t like Continue reading

For we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). We walk by faith, not by sight.  This verse is justly famous, used plentifully in sermons and articles and in conversation.  The statement gets right to the heart of the distinction between the life of the believer and the life of someone in the Continue reading