It really is tougher to become a Christian as we get older because more is at stake as we age. Also, higher up the social ladder we are, also it’s harder to become a Christian, since again, more is at stake. In that way, if you are young and poor, then be thankful because you […]

There are times when we have to bite the bullet and say things even though we know it will offend and hurt some people. If you are people-savvy and advanced in years, you know exactly how to talk to people to keep them calm and not to stir them up unnecessarily. There are topics to […]

Ephesians 6:16–In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;  From experience I believe that if we locate self-pity, we can “pin point” the area we we lack faith in.  When the evil one shoots “flaming darts”, it can be very difficult […]

With all the racial and ethnic tensions we hear about, we forget that we are all from one man, Adam. No matter what our skin color, where we reside, what language we speak, we share a common ancestor. We truly are brothers and sisters genetically. This is almost surprising when we spend vast majority of […]

Psalm 32:1-3-Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Think of someone you are very […]

To fight against the devil and sin, it is not enough to just go to church, read the Bible, and pray. We need specific strategy to defeat the devil and win over sin. This is because our struggle is not against flesh and blood, for in that case enough discipline will do, but our struggle […]

2 Corinthians 4:8-We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;    There are numerous times where we can find ourselves in situations, that we can be so helpless to provide solutions for, that we become overcome with anxiety.  Trying to handle a situation on a “level” that must […]

Just as the world can be so beautiful as to give us a glimpse of heaven, it can also be so ugly that it gives us a glimpse of hell. I just got done watching the documentary on the Jewish Holocaust produced by Simon Wiesenthal, who is a holocaust survivor himself. Although I have seen […]

Ephesians 5:15-16-Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16  making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.    Have you been angry or worried about a situation, that when you “get over it”, you feel like you wasted so much time on it, it angers you […]

The way spiritual things work is: Since God has done it for us, now we should do it. NOT: Since God has done it for us, we shouldn’t have to do it. This applies to just about everything except the justification by faith – and by that I mean God has paid for our sins […]