I live in Philadelphia, and in parts of the city, streets are populated by homeless people. As you walk past someone begging, you feel a pang of sympathy. How tough must it be to have nowhere to live? What happened in their past that resulted in such circumstances? A moment later, you have forgotten about that homeless person. You and your friends are talking about ...

Something I've been reminded of recently is the 5 standards for successful communication. They are: caring, praise, truth, faith and surrendering our mouths to serve and glorify God. I'm pretty sure we're all aware how essential successful communication is in marriage. Jimmy Evans, so accurately states "Your marriage will never rise above the level of your mouth." I regul...

In recent weeks we have been learning about how to handle situations in which someone in a church fellowship is engaged in ongoing wrong behavior. Matthew 18:15-17 says,"If your brother or sister sinsgo and point out their fault,just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'ev...

And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.Mark 12:17 Even a casual observer of the socio-political landscape in America today cannot miss the fact of the growing rift between people on the two ends of the political spectrum. Those on the Left are drifting, or feel driven, to m...

July 3, 2015 The below was an excerpt taken from Desiringgod.org. ---------------- There has always been a "culture war" of one kind or another being waged in America. It is actually part of the design of the American Experiment and the exercise of democracy. And so there is certainly a place for Christians to participate in this exercise and advocate for our constituti...