PathLight

When I was a little boy, I was blessed with a vivid imagination. I guess most kids are. I could be a cowboy, a soldier, a fireman; all in the same day whatever I wanted to be. And it was my imagination that made it all real. A stick with a rope tied to it became a horse and two old boards nailed together with a rusty nail became an airplane. Of course, as you grow older, if you are not careful, your imagination can turn into lustful fantasies or other sinful thin...

There are a lot of powerful and famous people that did not get to where they are without some powerful help. In making that statement, I am not just referring to help from wealthy or influential friends or family. And for this message, I am not referring to God. I am referring to the devil.The Bible does depict the devil as a dealmaker. In the book of Job, for instance, Satan proposes a kind of wager with God. Later, the devil attempts to make a deal with Jesus at the ...

Have you made some resolutions for the New Year? If so, by default it would mean you must have some regrets. And now those regrets must be strong enough for you to ask God to empower you to become a person of resolution. Now, there is a difference in a person with a resolution and a person of resolution.A resolved person has made a mental determination, a man of resolve has a firmness to actually do it. Resolutions are powerless in the hands of a person without resolve...

Atheists think that Christians are foolish for believing in God. Christians think that atheists are blind for not seeing the overwhelming evidence for a divine Creator. But in reality, both sides of this argument are represented by highly intelligent people. So, how is it that two intelligent people, presented with the same evidence can reach totally opposite conclusions? Have you ever wondered why it is that two children reared in the same Christian home can have such drastically differ...

Recently I heard a politician state that his goal was to end racism in America. Assuming the best, in that most rational people really would like to end racism, I want to be honest and tell you that it cannot be done. I am sure that many people calling for an end of racism really want to make this world a better place. But, the truth is, they are powerless in spite of their best intentions. It would be the same as saying you are going to “stop lust” or “stop envy.” Man, on h...

Have you considered the possibility that the most important message you receive at work may not come from your boss. It may not come from a co-worker, client, or customer. It may come from the Lord. Now, that does not mean we are to sit around and goof off waiting for some revelation from glory, but it does mean we should work with expectancy. In this week’s edition of PathLight you will be encouraged to renew your attitude regarding your job. You will be reminde...

You can’t miss Christmas, because it is everywhere. But it is possible to walk through the Christmas season, and miss the real reason we celebrate. We can lose track of what all the festivities are supposed to be about. We aren’t going to miss Christmas, because it’s out there. It’s unavoidable. But it is possible that we miss Jesus, whose birthday we are celebrating.One of the reasons we miss Jesus is because our lives are filled up with family, parties, shopping, coo...

Did you grow up in a place outsiders might call “Nowhere”? Jesus grew up in “Nowhere” also. Did you know that the Old Testament never even mentions Nazareth? Think of all the genealogies and historical accounts in the Old Testament, and you will often find a lot of attention paid to land, geography, and places. Yet, you will not find one single mention of Nazareth. This small speck on the map was an uncelebrated, forgotten town, off the beaten path, even for Galilee. W...

Wouldn’t it be odd for a child to behold their bounty of gifts and say: “I deserve all of this…and maybe even more?” The child would be totally missing the point. The people they should be thanking are the parents because they bought the gifts. You see, the parents were not trying to show her how much the child deserved; they are trying to show the child how much they were loved. The child should know that without the parents they would have nothing. This is exactly how it is...

We might dismiss the marriage of Adam and Eve as being too extraordinary to be of any practical help for you and I. How could any ordinary sinful husband or wife today relate to those truly innocent newlyweds, with their perfect home in a perfect paradise? They enjoyed a fullness of peace and security and intimacy that’s now impossible to experience on earth today. As an often-failing husband myself, I find my imagination stirred by the only sinless husband in history, sacrificing all o...