A young pastor and his wife start a church with eleven people. It is small and in a very bad and run down part of town. But by the grace of God, it grows. The people that come aren’t wealthy as much as they were needy. And God blesses, and there needs to be a little bigger church. So they change …

Regardless of what we might see or feel in difficult moments, God remains in full control of the nations of the world, and He can do whatever He pleases at any place and at any time. Psalm 2:4 says that God sits on the throne of heaven and looks down on mankind’s great plans and laughs at how …

You can actually change your situations or how you get through them if there is prayer involved. People could actually have a happier, sacrificial life if only they would let God work with them through prayer. Many heartaches and regrets, things people wished they’d not done, could be avoided in …

When we think of the people that make up the church, usually we think of the pastor or preacher, and there are many other names given for those who lead congregations; teacher, priest, vicar or evangelist. Whatever the name, their position is somewhat the same. But today there is needed another …

The word “religion” has a broad meaning from its early days. Religion is no longer the same, nor has it ever been, as Christianity. Religion is always tied to man’s belief system while Christianity can only be attached to the one true God and His Son, Jesus. Christianity is hated by religion …

There’s a great illustration that Jesus spoke of in Mark 12 where Jesus sees a fig tree and goes over to it to get a fig to eat, but there is none. Jesus said, “May no one ever eat your fruit again.” Later, as Jesus and His disciples are walking by the same fig tree, they notice it has withered and …

There once were 3 cities in a land far from here. Two were very different than the one. The area of the 3 cities was a very unstable land, shifting with the earth as it moved now and then because of seismic activity below its earthly surface. In one city to the south there was hot springs and many …

If you live in the places where tornadoes come and go, your local city usually has some type of siren warning system that sounds off that there could be an approaching danger. Most of us have heard these now and then, and it generally gets our attention pretty quick, and most spring into some kind …

Something that is becoming rarer among people today is truth. People have put such a spin on words when asked questions that you don’t know exactly if they ever answered the question or not. Truth has always been a problem with many people because with truth comes accountability, and a lot of …

Lots of people will say that they believe in God, but few really get to know Him. Lots of people say they are a Christian but have never sold out to Jesus. To be a Christian requires actions like being what God asks you to be, and you’ll not understand this unless you decide to put many other …