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As you read this, you may be in the midst of turmoil. Man may have failed you and God may seem too distant to help. You may have grown up not feeling loved in a way that met your needs. You may never have accepted or loved yourself. The sense of inadequacy a person can…

“Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for…

“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.” – Ps. 51:2 “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” – Titus 2:14 “Heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.” – Ps.…

“Sin is lawlessness.” – I John 3: 4. “All unrighteousness is sin.” – I John 5:17. “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.” – Rom. 6: 12. “I will heal their backsliding.” – Hos. 14:4. It has often been shown that sin is to…

When I was 19, my friend Andy and I couldn’t resist climbing a hill. We were in California on tour with our Christian music group. The family who put us up for a day lived next to a hill that beckoned us to explore it. After climbing to the top, we we were awed by…

Now let us consider some very special delights [of the Christ-centered Life]. Quietly confess your confidence in the power of the cross. Quote the apostle Paul’s superlative statement of faith, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the…

On Mothers day our church choir sang an old hymn with this refrain: If I could hear my mother pray again, If I could hear her tender voice as then! So glad I’d be, ‘twould mean so much to me, If I could hear my mother pray again.[1] I agree … and so did devotional…

“But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out” (John 19: 34 NKJV). “Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is He who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ; not only by water, but…

1. The first and chief need of our Christian life is, Fellowship with God.[1] The Divine life within us comes from God, and is entirely dependent upon Him. As I need every moment afresh the air to breathe, as the sun every moment afresh sends down its light, so it is only in direct living…

I recently went through a seminar called Redeeming Darwin: The Intelligent Design Controversy.[1] The four sessions give a clear analysis of the problems of the Neo-Darwinian model of explaining the universe, and summarize the case for Intelligent Design (ID). The latter is a research model on the obvious design and engineering that is evident in…