Beulah Land I love John Bunyan’s metaphorical description of the Christian life in his masterpiece, Pilgrim’s Progress. The pilgrim, Christian, confronts so many trials and adventures along the road toward …

Prisoners Of Hope When I encounter someone with a negative attitude and outlook, I jokingly say he/she is a “half-empty cup” kind of person. When we look at a half-full …

Loving-Kindness I have found that many people, in their devotional time, have avoided reading the Old Testament, because they have thought that there they would only encounter a severe and …

Saying It Softly Have you ever said something that you wish you would have said it differently? Maybe it came out too harshly and left the person you were talking …

Spiritual Junk Food In today’s accelerated life-style, urban concentration, stress related jobs and superficial relationships, there has immerged a new culinary experience that has become detrimental to our health. We …

Ebenezer When someone asks you how you are, how do you respond: “Great” “Fine” or “So, so”? I have a friend who answers, “Ebenezer.” This word literally means: “The stone …

The Power Of Forgiveness When Jesus was on the cross, He cried out: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) Jesus had already undergone intense …

Vision By looking at the vision statement of a church, business or organization, one can tell where that entity is heading. Vision sets the course by which one progresses. When …

Values Values are the principles and directives by which we order our behavior. They are what we believe to be important and provide the foundation and substance of one’s character. …

Like A Roaring Lion In writing to the Early Church, Peter warned the believers of an adversary that was determined to destroy their faith. He compared the devil to a …