Very few people seem to understand what marriage is all about. Three words sum up the heart of it. Marriage is companionship, commitment, and compromise.
First, marriage is companionship. In the beginning God said, “It is not good for man to be alone.” God was right as always. Loneliness is devastating. God gave marriage to meet the basic loneliness in us. We all need s...
The Bible does not say, “Spare the rod and spoil the child,” but it does say, “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes [early]” (Proverbs 13:24).
Unquestionably, the home is the place for discipline. The God-ordained purpose of parents is to give guidance and training to children. But today many parents are content to leave this up to the sc...
Gerald Kennedy was talking with a man about a mutual friend who had just been awarded a fine promotion. The friend said, “And it is all the more remarkable and praiseworthy when you realize he has always had to fight his battles with a short-handled stick.” It is a good phrase and an enlightening one.
Most of the great men of the Bible and of modern days have been great in spite of limi...
Drunkenness is one of American’s leading health, moral, and social problems. The Bible warns, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise” (Proverbs 20:1).
The evils of drunkenness can be seen in a story that I found in an old Spanish schoolbook many years ago. On a lonely stretch of mountain road a traveler met Satan one day. Terrified, the...
I am told that there are more than 7,000 promises in the Bible. This means that the Bible is a storehouse, a treasure of riches awaiting the exploration of every Christian.
These promises are eternal. Solomon, on the occasion of dedicating the Temple of God said, “Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed o...
Let’s face it: marriages do have their problems. Wherever two red-blooded people are building a home, you will find occasional spats, and now and then some fiery encounters. While occasional strife in a marriage is normal, continued conflict can be devastating. It can make life miserable and eventually destroy love. It has been well said, “Grumbling is the death of love.”
The Bible says...
There are three places we can live—in the past, in the present, or in the future.
Some people live in the past. They are always looking back. Their lives are so weighted down by mistakes, failures, regrets, and sins of the past that they don’t enjoy the present.
Others live in the future. They either spend so much time dreaming of the future or...
For more than 20 years as a minister, I have been trying to help people with troubles. Very often they are in trouble simply because they don’t know how to handle temptation.
Temptation is universal and as old as the Garden of Eden. Much of your happiness depends on your ability to handle it instead of letting it handle you. Here are four rules that will help you handle temptation.
...I believe in the devil! Many people don’t. They think that belief in a personal devil is a part of mankind’s nursery furniture. They put him in the same category as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They relegate him to the superstition and ignorance of the Middle Ages.
Granted, the truth about Satan has been greatly distorted by the false notions of the past, but that does not nullify...