Whether Christmas comes on December 25 or not doesn't really matter, what does matter is that Jesus came and the angels declared it and that we celebrate it with great joy.
12/25/2006 by Phil Ware
An older lady's mistake with Christmas envelopes reminds us that God never forgets to pay for our gifts!
12/19/2006 by Alan Smith
In the times of hardship and trial, it is hard to wait on the Lord because it seems so long before his deliverance, promised and sure as it is, comes to free us from our pain and suffering.
11/18/2006 by Tom Norvell
Can we spend any special, focused, time thinking about nothing but God? It is hard, but we must learn to do so.
11/16/2006 by Alan Smith
Phil talks about when his son Zachary was born hurt and how his voice as a father comforted his son and how we as God's children can approach God as Abba Father.
11/13/2006 by Phil Ware
Article on the transformation God can do in our lives changing us from a lump of clay into an object of beauty and usefulness.
11/12/2006 by Bill Sherrill
Idolatry in India leads to a false notion that their gods are drinking milk, but the true and living God knows us and cares about us.
11/03/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Our egos are fragile and important but also dangerous, but we must learn humility.
11/02/2006 by Russ Lawson
The words of an old song remind us of our deep need for God and longing for him.
11/01/2006 by Tom Norvell
God can take broken, weak, and unfaithful people and make something meaningful and important out of their lives.
10/30/2006 by Rubel Shelly
The Amish are an example of simple piety that cares to honor God above getting even: it is their character and not their dress or agrarian culture we need to imitate.
10/24/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Our love for the cool of the day after the hot day of work is a reminder of our need to be close to God and his desire to have us close.
10/22/2006 by Bill Sherrill
Fasting is a way to draw closer to God.
10/15/2006 by Scott Owings
God wants us to be full of Him, his grace, His mercy, His Spirit, His Love.
10/14/2006 by Tom Norvell
This is an honest look at repentance and sorrow and life change, and reminds us that God's goal isn't our sorrow, but our reformed life.
10/10/2006 by Mike Barres
Lift up your eyes is a call for vision, a call to not walk in fear of danger, but to look for the new, the glory, the things God is calling us to embrace.
09/28/2006 by Bill Sherrill
Four views of God in today's culture remind us of the basic truth that we all have a hunger to know the Almighty!
09/27/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Jesus gave up his spirit, but he did not give up his mission, his mercy, his grace.
09/25/2006 by Phil Ware
A duck that dances on a pot reveals the secret to shining our light and keeping our candle lit so that we can influence others.
09/24/2006 by Alan Smith
Jesus accomplished all he was sent to do because he put God's kingdom and his righteousness first.
09/22/2006 by Paul Faulkner
We can cry out to God and know he hears us and that our children and our grandchildren's futures are in his hands.
09/21/2006 by Tom Norvell
The beauty of things visible on earth or in us is a great reminder of God's greatness and love for us.
08/28/2006 by Phil Ware
Hospitality is the Christian virtue of entertaining strangers, outsiders, and guests and recognizing in them angels or even the presence of God in the Trinity.
08/27/2006 by Scott Owings
So often we don't let God have control of our lives and we want to be the driver to our own loss.
08/26/2006 by Russ Lawson
A trip to the beach and other vacation sites helps lead Patrick Odum to ask what he is not recognizing in his daily life where God's fingerprints and footprints can be found.
08/24/2006 by Patrick D. Odum