Faith is an absolute need for modern man. Most people do realize that scientists live by faith. They accept information by faith. No scientist has ever seen an electron or proton, yet we all believe in these atomic particles. We have all the faith in the world in what our trusted textbooks tell us is truth, even though we know that those same textbooks are being constantly modified, revised, an...
There is no greater blessing than to have a true and loyal friend, one in whom we can confide in times of trouble. There is no greater tragedy than to have a friend betray the confidence that you have put in him. The Bible warns: “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth” (Proverbs 25:19).
We should all strive to be a loyal and true friend and never betr...
One day a friend told the philosopher Plato that someone had spoken evil of him. “What are you going to do about it?” his friend inquired anxiously.
“I shall live in such a way that no one will believe the report,” Plato answered, undisturbed.
That’s the advice of scripture. We are to live so that when people speak evil of us, no one will believe them (1 Peter 2:15).
Wh...
All of us are interested in making our nation as strong and as good as possible. But wherein lies the strength of a nation?
The strength of the nation is first of all in the home. The family is recognized by almost everyone as the basic institution of society. It is the foundation of society. When divorce, unfaithfulness, permissiveness, and materialism dominate our ho...
We have accumulated enough knowledge to conquer outer space and the computer chip, but we lack the wisdom to govern our inner selves. What we are desperately lacking today is not technical know-how but moral and spiritual want-to.
Where can we get the true wisdom we need for living in today’s world? The Bible says in James that God will give us the wisdom we seek. He alone can give us t...
Our young people are growing up in the lap of luxury and leisure, yet they are miserable, empty, and bored. What's happened to make them weary of life so soon? Let me venture the following answers:
1. Too much luxury: We just plain have too much and our affluence is killing us. We would be better off if we were not so well off. People who have everything they want are s...
Victor Frankl, the Swiss psychiatrist and author, said that the primary motivating force in life was not a quest for power but a quest for meaning. Noted philosopher Albert Camus said, “Here is what frightens me. To see the sense of this life dissipated. To see our reason for existence disappear. That is what intolerable. Man cannot live without meaning.”
Herein lies the explanation fo...
Since World War II, the number of American psychiatrists has multiplied astronomically, so as to indicate the disorder of many American lives today. Multiplying the number of psychiatrists is not the answer to our problems. Dr. J. A. Hadfield, one of England’s foremost psychiatrists, once said: “Speaking as a student of psychotherapy who, as such, has no concern with theology, I am convinced th...
Does God ever send sickness and death to people? He has the misfortune of being blamed for almost everything bad that happens. Whenever tragedy occurs, there is usually some well-meaning but misguided person who calls it “the will of God.”
That’s too much! Most such things are not from God but from Satan. He, not God, is the author of suffering and death.
However, there are time...