When you fill out an application you may be asked to give your highest level of education. You can check “high school diploma,” “college degree,” “graduate school degree,” or “post- graduate.” If you were filling out an application asking your level of spiritual maturity, what would you check? Kindergarten? Grammar school? High School? Graduate school? […]

“Who was the man in the Bible who lived to be older than anyone else?” If you said, “Methuselah lived to be 969 years old,” you’d be right. People often wonder how and why people lived such long lives before the flood. Some experts suggest many of life-shortening diseases and germs weren’t around before the flood. But […]

Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, “If you’ll come to the Baptist […]

What a great Easter Service we had celebrating the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord and Savior King Jesus! This morning’s devotion was from 1Peter 5:6 and says, “Humble yourselves, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time…” King Jesus understood humility better than anyone. He, […]

Mr. Jones took out a life insurance policy on himself for $1 million and named his wife as the beneficiary. Two years later, Mr. Jones reportedly was killed when his small plane crashed in the ocean. Although the wreckage of the plane was recovered, Mr. Jones’s body was not. Eventually, Mrs. Jones collected the $1 […]

Love has never been more evident than how it was portrayed on an old rugged cross, when, for Jesus was His darkest hour! Jesus didn’t have to make up for any wrong He had done, however, His death provided exoneration for all who believe in Him.  We are accustomed to viewing Christ’s death through the eyes of […]

While there are some beautiful exceptions, much of the so-called love depicted in the media today is really just unsuppressed lust. In contrast, the Bible sets forth love as a divine perfection, exemplifying it in the declaration that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). This statement in 1 John implies that love is the very […]

The gospel has certain demands. It is not an easy step for someone who has lived their whole life doing things their own way to stop and go a different direction. A casual moment of conversation among two choir members exposed the thinking that lies deep within the hearts of many Christians. A mother was […]

We live in world in which a person can seemingly become anything they wish if they set their minds to it. As a child, I dreamed of being a firefighter, a police officer, history teacher, an NFL star, etc. Never in my wildest dreams did I think or even hope to become a preacher or […]