What Makes Christianity Different? He is not here, but is risen. —Luke 24:6 Something distinguishes Christianity from all the religions of the world. Not only does it carry the truth of the redemption, by the death of our Savior for our sins on the cross, but it carries the fact …
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Be Sensitive If a person isn’t loving and kind, it shows that he doesn’t know God—for God is love. —1 John 4:8 (TLB) esus wept tears of compassion at the graveside of a friend. He mourned over Jerusalem because as a city it had lost its appreciation of the things …
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Jesus Never Changes Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. —Hebrews 13:8 The Bible says, “It is appointed unto men once to die,” and to the average person this seems a stark and hopeless situation. Hundreds of philosophies and scores of religions have been invented to …
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A Pure Heart Keep thyself pure. —1 Timothy 5:22 The Pharisees were not happy men. They had furrowed brows, nervous tension, frustration. They were full of resentments, bitterness, prejudices, and hatreds. Why? Simply because they had lost sight of God’s conception of the pure in heart. They thought that …
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Satisfaction in Him I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. —Psalm 17:15 Is it not logical to believe that the only one who can recreate us is the One who created us in the first place? If your watch were out of order, you wouldn’t take …
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The Secret of Contentment I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe him. It is that same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead . . . —Ephesians 1:19,20 (TLB) Jesus told His disciples that the world would …
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Ready for a Breakthrough . . . may the God of peace . . . produce in you through the power of Christ all that is pleasing to him . . . —Hebrews 13:20,21 (TLB) When I was a boy, radio was just coming of age. We would gather around …
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Happiness So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time. —Matthew 6:34 (TLB) King George V wrote on the flyleaf of the Bible of a friend, “The secret of happiness is not to do what you like to do, …
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God of Order The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust . . . —Psalm 18:2 The trouble with our modern thinking is that we have a conception that God is a haphazard God with no set rules …
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Spiritual Sensitivity Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love these things you show that you do not really love God . . . —1 John 2:15 (TLB) There are certain elements of daily life which are not sinful in themselves but which …
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