Watching her husband’s pickup head down the road toward the construction site where he was working, “Mona” had a feeling something bad was going to happen to him that day. However, Mona had been trained in the art of positive confession, so she brushed the thought from her mind. It’s just the enemy trying to get me to be fearful and negative. The feeling came again, stronger this time. Mona got more aggressive and rebuked the negative thought. Later that day, Mona’s husband was injured when he fell from a roof. She realized then that God had been warning her so she could pray Continue Reading
Why There’s Good News even when you don’t “Crush it”
The young woman offering us customer service was pleasant and upbeat. She assured us that our billing issues with her company would be promptly resolved. Image by James Chan from Pixabay When I noticed the following month that our bill continued to climb, I contacted her again. She assured me once again that, of course, she would take care of the problem right away. It's been three months’ worth of attempts now, and the problem still hasn’t been resolved. I noticed something interesting in my interactions with this young woman. Her confident, positive, can-do attitude is typical Continue Reading
Why You can Trust the Bible
I recently read a story about a family searching for a new church home in the city to which they had relocated. In the process of decision-making, they attended a particular church just as Easter approached. Everything seemed fine—until the minister said it didn’t really matter whether or not Jesus was raised from the dead. Whereas orthodox Christianity teaches the Bible is a collection of inspired books which God preserved in order to reveal himself to man, liberalism treats the Bible as a collection of books which we are free to interpret as we wish. This is problematic, because Continue Reading
7 Ways this Hidden Bible Truth Grounds your sense of Self-Worth
I'll admit, I'm a fan of old Saturday Night Live skits. One of my favorites is Al Frankin's character "Stuart Smalley." "I'm gonna do a terrific show today," Stuart would tell himself, "and I'm gonna help people...because I'm good enough, I'm strong enough, and doggone it, people like me!" We get a kick out of "Stuart" as he scratches our itch to feel good about ourselves-but this character's mantra brings out a fundamental question: How do you measure the worth of a human being? Culture has a lot to say on this issue, but what society tells us about ourselves is often based Continue Reading