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Not all believers who become convicted of their “self- life” are disillusioned from “maladjusted flesh”; some must deal with “well-adjusted flesh.” In other words, some disciples surrender to Christ as their Life (Gal. 2:20) following years of being “down and out”; others surrender after being “up and out.” But whether it is “negative” or “positive”…

“And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleshly men, as to infants in Christ…” But he who is spiritual examines all things,…” (1 Cor. 3:1; 2:15a LSB) When I stroll down memory lane I am very blessed by my heritage of loving and supportive parents,…

The story is told of a child in a church service who was intrigued by the hymn, “Gladly, the Cross I’d Bear”. Some time following church, the little one told his mother that he really liked the song they sang about the bear. “What song did we sing about a BEAR?” she asked. The child…

It was 5 AM on a Friday morning when, out of a sound sleep, I got punched in the nose—not from a fist, but from a powerful odor. It was the unmistakable smell of a skunk, and it was coming from inside the house! I got up to investigate and found our dog, Honey, sitting…

My wife and I have been challenged by the life story of Rees Howells. He was raised in a Welsh mining village a century ago and grew to be a man of great spiritual zeal and witness. This founder of the Bible College of Wales demonstrated the amazing potential of intercessory prayer. His biography recounts…

“And now abide faith, hope, love… ” (1 Cor. 13:13). “[The Lord’s mercies] are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness” (Lam. 3:23). One of the lessons we can learn from the life of Moses is the importance of faith and God’s faithfulness. As this man of God was sent back to Egypt to lead…

When parents want to emphasize to their child the need for obedience, they may say, “no ‘if’, ‘ands’, or ‘buts’! ISometimes I needed such direction as I was growing up. Although children can develop skill in giving excuses, the determined mom or dad sees through these tactics. We will notice that God’s children can also…

Have you had one of those days when nothing seems to go right? You’re late for work, stuck in traffic, lock your keys in the car, have a headache, get into an argument with your spouse … You wish you could go back and get out of the other side of the bed, if that…

“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those…

“Amazing grace, shall always be my song of praise, For it was grace that bought my liberty; I do not know just why He came to love me so, He looked beyond my fault and saw my need.”[1] The words of that song gratefully acknowledge the wonderful blessing of God’s grace in the lives of…