BUYING THE VALUES OF THE WORLD When we act as if the great issues of the day are moral and political rather than theological and spiritual, we unconsciously buy into the values of the world. Erwin Lutzer in “The Church and the World,” Moody Monthly, May/June 1998, p. 12
PRAYER AND VITAMINS Many of us look at prayer about the way we take our vitamins. We don’t feel so well so we go to the doctor. The doctor tells us we just need vitamins. We frantically rush to the pharmacy and purchase all the vitamins prescribed for our health. The next morning we begin …
SPIRITUAL VITAMINS A TO Z Anxious? Take Vitamin A “All things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Blue? Take Vitamin B “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.” (Psalm 103:1) Crushed? Take Vitamin C …
HOTHOUSE CHRISTIANS HAVE NO ROOT Most Christians in North America are “hothouse Christians” who bloom as long as they are kept in a protected and carefully controlled environment far from fear, distress, or persecution.” God forbid that it should ‘cost’ us something to speak the name of Jesus.” But time and again, we have seen …
LET JESUS RUB OFF ON US Our two-year-old daughter Kaitlyn is really cute. That is a given… no brag, just fact. People in our congregation love to pick her up and hold her before, during, and after worship. I have begun to recognize my parishioners by the scent of their perfume or cologne. When I …