Moments For You

While waiting to board a plane at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, I experienced a very special conversation with a medical doctor and his wife. After watching several planes jet into the darkness, the wife wistfully remarked, “I wish I could vanish into space just like that plane and start life all... Read more →

Jesus often surprised people with His teachings. “Lose your life to save it.” “The first will be last.” “The meek will inherit the earth.” “Rejoice in persecution.” “Pray for your enemies.” “It’s better to give than to receive.” “Turn the other cheek.” These are revolutionary teachings. But by far the... Read more →

If you had taken a poll and asked, “Name the most hated man in Jericho,” Zacchaeus would have been named on 99% of the ballots. And then you’d ask the second question, “Who is the least likely person to want to see Jesus?” Zacchaeus would once again have been at... Read more →

TOUGH ENEMIES (1 Peter 4-5) We have formidable opponents in our quest to become more like Christ: 1) the unholy sinful tendencies that come from within us, 2) the unholy world all around us with its attractive bait that camouflages the hook of sin, and 3) the lies and deeds... Read more →

Jesus is the only way to Heaven for several reasons. Jesus was “chosen of God” to be the Savior (1 Peter 2:4). Jesus is the only One to have come down from Heaven and returned there (John 3:13). He is the only person to have lived a perfect human life... Read more →

“Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth” (John 17:17). True Christian living is nothing more nor less than the manifestation of Christ in the life of the believer (Philippians 2:21). And the only secret of Christ-centered living is occupation with Christ Himself. For this purpose, God has given... Read more →

One of the great statements that Jesus made regarding Himself was “I am the way” (John 14:6). I realize that Jesus was making that statement in a specific connection, in response to a question from Thomas; but in light of who Jesus was and is, and in light of all... Read more →

“Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). Why does a believer desire to be more holy? Well, first of all, it is an instinct that is built into him at the time of his conversion. He receives a new hatred of sin and a new love of... Read more →

This world is a world of sin. This world’s system is contrary to God, in opposition to God, and in opposition to truth, holiness, love, and life. This started in the Garden of Eden, when our father Adam fell. In Adam all died; in Adam sin and death passed upon... Read more →

Jesus, Our Example Never give up. This is a message echoed again and again in the Scriptures. Consider Jesus, the author and the finisher of our salvation (Hebrews 12:1-2). Jesus finishes what He starts (Philippians 1:6). He did not spar with the devil for a season. He locked the enemy... Read more →

If you come to know Jesus, He will bring you to know the Father. When I began my Christian life, my awareness of the One with whom I was dealing was that of the Lord Jesus. He filled my horizon. I remember how I loved the hymns which sang of... Read more →

Question: Is sinless perfection possible in this life? Answer: Ephesians 4:13 says that the spiritual gifts are given to build up the body of Christ “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the... Read more →

The pilot of a military plane was forced to parachute into a jungle in southeast Asia. How could he possibly find his way out? A local man saw what had happened and came to the pilot’s rescue, slashing through the tangled underbrush. The frightened pilot cried out, “Where’s the road?... Read more →

“This is the will of God, even your sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Discovering God’s will is not necessarily a complicated process. He has given us many simple and clearly stated principles for life. For example, we are told it is “the will of God, that with well doing ye may... Read more →

“I must abide at thy house” (Luke 19:5). Without question one of the most remarkable Christian doctrines is that Jesus Christ Himself through the presence of the Holy Spirit will actually enter a heart, settle down, and be at home there. Christ will make the human heart His abode.  One... Read more →