Christ-at once, man and God. Colossians 2:9 says, "For in Christ there is all of God in a human body." Jesus was not a godlike man, nor a manlike God. He was God-man...
After all that Saul had done to David, trying to kill him with a javelin three times, promising one wife and not delivering, giving away his wife to another, and having David's priestly friends killed, David will not do a thing against him...
Think honestly about this question: Which interests you more-who Jesus is or what He can do for you? I'm afraid that too many of us are more concerned about what the Lord can give us than we are about getting to know who He is...
We have a hypersensitive smoke alarm in our house. It goes off all the time. But I think it is better to have a smoke alarm that is too sensitive than to have one that isn't sensitive enough...
It may be that, like the apostle John, you know Jesus Christ intimately. Yet when He suddenly appears to you with totally unfamiliar characteristics, the only thing you can do is fall "at His feet as dead."...
Christians are not altogether immune from depression. The fact is: the trend of events and the mounting tide of evil are enough to give one sobering thoughts-Christian or not. David, the sweet singer of Israel, was not always on top of his depression. Sometimes his glad song was turned to a depressive mourning.
There are two kingdoms-the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are adopted into the Kingdom of God...
Are you as kind to your brothers and sisters as you are to your friends? Do you speak as respectfully to your parents as you do to your teachers? If your family graded you on the way you behave at home, would they give you an A?...
Robert Faughum suggested, "Think of what a better world it would be if all of us-the whole world-had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon, and then lay down with our blankets for a nap...
Job was a good guy. He defended the cause of the weak. He stated that justice covered him like a turban. Most of us in North America don't wear turbans, though like Job we do cover our heads from the elements...
The disciples were still hiding for fear that they would be crucified next. Behind a locked door they wondered what to do. Had everything they hoped been completely dashed?...
The Fort Knox of faith-is Christ! Fellowship with Christ. Walking with Him. Pondering Him. Exploring Him. The heart-stopping realization that in Him you are part of something ancient...
David was going through a difficult time in his life. He had done nothing wrong or even with any impure motives, yet King Saul was hunting him down to kill him...
The Father has provided the Holy Spirit to teach His children about His will for their lives (John 14:26). Why, then, do we have difficulty understanding what the plan is?...
How do we overcome the devil? In the book of Revelation we are introduced to a group of believers who are able to do that: "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...
Jesus summed up commonsense carefulness in the life of a disciple as unbelief. If we have received the Spirit of God, He will squeeze right through our lives, as if to ask, "Now where do I come into this relationship...
Here is the answer to the world's problems today-"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God," "Thou shalt love thy fellowman." That teaching is not out-of-date; it is absolutely relevant today.
