Have you ever desperately prayed to God for something and it did not seem like God answered? It is hard to know why God does not always deliver us from pain and suffering, and it is even harder when we …
Usually we think it is best to think about good things and to avoid dwelling on bad things. There is probably some wisdom in that tendency, but is it always right? Interestingly, the Bible teaches us that sometimes the only …
Is the Law of God a good thing or a bad thing? The key to understanding this difficult concept is realizing that the Law of God is a good thing because it teaches us how bad we are. It shows …
With some things, the best way to describe them is to say what they are not. Darkness is the opposite of light, for example. At the same time, the best descriptions actually tell us what something is, not just what …
If you could get away with doing anything you wanted, do you think it would be a good idea to do anything you wanted? When we think about all the things we could get away with, our first response might …
These days we tend to care a lot about what people think about us. “Image is everything” the advertisements tell us. While the Bible does not deny that what people think about us matters, it also teaches us that we …
