Doctors have found out what the Scriptures have taught through the years—that a cheerful, thankful attitude of mind is beneficial for the body, and that worry, depression, and a complaining spirit are definitely harmful to one’s health. Usually we...

They were a people set apart for a very specific purpose. God had given the people His law to teach them how to live. He had established a covenant with them to teach them of His faithfulness and love. At the very heart of this covenant were the...

One who begins to walk in Indifference to the Lord will soon cease from listening to Him, living worthy of Him, leading others to Him, and believing all that His Word has to say. That is what it means to Live in Indifference.

Better there were no religion at all than a religion that fails to give God the very best. If our concept of God is so low that we think He’s pleased with cheap halfhearted worship, then we don’t know the God of the Bible. In fact, a God who...

Doubting God’s love can also lead to sin. The people of Israel doubted God’s love and His concern for how they lived. As a result, they ignored His law and lived in sin. Thankfully, there is no reason for us to doubt God’s love. He openly expresses...

Today many are looking at the troubling current events around them and are asking the question "What in the world is going on?" It is this question that we hope to address in this message.

Peter summarized the purpose of his letter. He wrote to encourage Christians to endure persecution, to stand fast, so that the true grace of God would be evidenced to the unbelieving world. They were to “stand fast” in His grace. This begins by you...

During this difficult journey of the spiritual life, in which believers suffer “according to the will of God” for the purpose of godliness, we could lose heart if we didn’t have absolute confidence in both the goodness and the power of God.

The rest of chapter three presents Christ as the classic example of One who suffered for righteousness’ sake, and reminds us that for Him, suffering was the pathway to glory.

If we can conduct ourselves in Christian maturity during our times of suffering we can impact the world around us with a dynamic witness for Christ.