Listen to this article below Why did Jesus tell so many stories? Let’s begin to find the answer by experiencing a parable ourselves: “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe […]
Listen to this article below Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven is […]
Listen to this article below “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding.... But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on […]
The Bible contains many stories of traumatic experiences—death, disease, famine, dysfunctional relationships, war, capture, and betrayal. What is trauma? Psychological trauma is an emotional response caused by severely distressing events.1 It’s easy to assume that children of God will never experience traumatic events. Yet the Bible records instances of trauma in every book. But the […]
A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are […]
I once had a patient who was blind. He was a remarkable man. I was his doctor, helping him learn how to live in such a way as to reverse his diabetes and obesity. I had advice for his health, but he had inspiration for my soul. You see, he was blind before I took […]
Recently, a career woman was persuaded to hand $50,000 to a stranger. She fell for an elaborate phone scam involving people who posed as government identity theft detectives. Until then, she had prided herself on identifying and resisting scams.1 Some of today’s deceptions seem so believable that they’re nearly impossible to detect. AI has certainly […]
On December 1, 1984, I was admitted, near death, to the Greater Niagara General Hospital with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Because all the glassed-in rooms in the intensive care units were taken, they assigned me to a bed in the open area near the nurses’ station. My breathing had grown so shallow that […]
In the prophecy of Zechariah is brought to view Satan’s accusing work, and the work of Christ in resisting the adversary of His people. The prophet says, “He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said […]
The Book of Life is featured in two unforgettable scenes in the Bible. One is the momentous final judgment described in Rev. 20:14, 15. Here, the disciple John tells us that those who do not have their names in the Book of Life will finally suffer the “second death.” Rev. 20:11–15. This is the death […]