No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. (1 Cor. 10:13)   The Apostle Paul writes to people…

Not that I have already obtained this [righteousness God requires] or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. (Phil. 3:12)   As followers of Christ, we must continually fight against sin, but that doesn’t mean we’ll attain perfection on this side of…

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. . .Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Heb. 11:1,…

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor. 5:21)   If you were in deep in debt for ten million dollars and someone wrote you a check for the full amount, you would be thrilled but not…

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)   The Jefferson Barracks Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River, reflects an architectural design called a…

But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and … took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a…

The Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not…

At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever. (Daniel 4:34)   We love to hear a dramatic testimony. We delight in stories of radical change in people like the Apostle…

The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. (2 Tim. 2:24)   The world is filled with opinions, and social media has expanded the opportunities for many persons to express theirs without fears about facing those their words buffet.  A lot of anger and criticism…

God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:16-17)   In a hospital room,…