As June and I visit the land of Israel with many members of my home church, the places I have studied in Scripture seem to come alive more than usual. The events that are chronicled from God’s Word and the lessons they have provided across the centuries are brought afresh...Read more
In His book Shadows on the Wall, devotional writer F. W. Boreham told of preaching in a particular church during his college days. The preaching engagement involved an overnight stay in the home of Old Bessie the widow of the former pastor. Sleeping in the room normally occupied by Bessie,...Read more
When I was at the Master’s Seminary training for the ministry one of our professor’s, Jim Rosscup, who taught Bible Exposition, told us one day of his freshman year at Dallas Seminary when beginning his theological training. He told us of feeling intimidated by the knowledge of other students in...Read more
In The Trouble with Jesus, Dr. Stowell’s Gold medallion winning book, he wrote about an incident while serving as president of Moody Bible Institute in the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. Joe Stowell was among a large group of civic and religious leaders at a prayer breakfast...Read more
From the beginning of time immemorial, men have gone to war with the sound of music ringing in their ears and echoing in their hearts. The drum, the fife, and the bugle have all been effective weapons of war. History shows us that military bands and tunes have steeled nerves,...Read more
One of the hardest lessons for us to learn in our walk with God is that sometimes the best thing to do is nothing; nothing in the sense that we actively wait for God to do that which allows us to do more for His kingdom and glory. There is...Read more
Many years ago Robertson McQuilkin preached at a Bible Conference in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, and while there, gently rebuked God’s people for the bad habit of placing the but in the wrong place when speaking of the Lord. During one particular morning devotion he said, “Is the Lord meeting...Read more
The story is told of the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther finding a farmer by the side of the road looking as if the whole world had just caved in on top of him. The man looked awfully anxious! Luther, inquiring about his condition asked, “Why do you look so depressed?”...Read more
Funny man and humorist Jack Handley once wrote about being the target of bullies at school and how they would ambush him on the playground and nab his lunch money. As a countermeasure, he enrolled in an after school program that specialized in teaching the art of self-defense. But after...Read more
Some years ago a story came out of Florida that illustrates the lengths to which people will go to have their desires met. According to this story, a twenty-seven-year-old woman in Fort Pierce, Florida, entered a MacDonald’s to order a 10-piece McNugget meal. After waiting in line for some time,...Read more