Two Philosophical Views

Let’s consider two different views of how God works in our lives. We’ll call them the human way and the Biblical way. The logic in the human way goes like this: You put a hundred dollars in the church offering and then figure that God owes you a thousand...

Share Your Blessings

Most of us have dreamed of inheriting big bucks. We’ve thought about the house we’d build and the trips we’d take. In the Bible, God promised a man named Abraham a great future. The deal was that Abraham had to leave his home and head west following...

Don’t Be a Picky Eater!

As a young boy I was a picky eater. Once when our family went out for pizza, I promptly announced, “I don’t eat pizza.” They asked, “How do you know if you’ve never tried it?” I told them I just knew and the happy outing quickly...

Tough Situations

We all face tough situations from time to time. But we can learn a lot from the way Jesus handled a tough situation with his disciples. When Jesus was faced with his impending death, he told his disciples what was about to happen – including the fact that they...

Victim Mentality

There’s a pervasive victim mentality today that makes people feel that everything is somebody else’s fault. “Somebody else is to blame for my problems,” “My relatives are weird,” “the government is corrupt.” When we hear...