Raising children has been a challenge in all generations. The Bible spends so much time talking about parent-child relationships that we know there were problems even in those days. There are four approaches that parents can take in dealing with their children.
First, you can ignore them. Some parents are so busy climbing the social ladder or the ladder to success that...
“What I need is a cheerleader, not a critic.” This man was talking about his wife. Part of the problem in their marriage from his perspective centered around the fact that when he got home from a hard day’s work she met him with a barrage of complaints and criticism. He said, “I get enough of that at work. When things go wrong, I catch it from all sides. At home I need a cheerleader, n...
A Marxist and a Christian were debating. As they presented their philosophies, a shabbily dressed man passed by. The Marxist said, “Communism can put a new suit on that man.” Then the Christian replied, “Yes, but Christ can put a new man in that suit.”
No one else can make people new like Jesus Christ can. How so?
Jesus gives us a new motivation in life. Withou...
Divorce is the most shattering blow the human spirit can suffer. When you deeply love your mate and have a strong conviction about marriage, divorce can be worse than death. When you lose a mate through divorce, they are just as gone and you are just as lonely as if they had died. Divorce brings with it all of the shock and the loneliness of death, plus much more.
How is divorce worse t...
Measured by any standard...by sales, public opinion, or its effect on people...the Bible is the greatest book ever written. But in spite of accumulating enormous prestige over the centuries, in spite of wielding great power in people's lives and in spite of winning praise from leaders of government, art, business, and religion, it remains in America today the country’s unread bestseller.
<...Most things in life tend to tarnish. Silver must be polished; the thrill of wearing a new hat soon fades; a job that at first enthralled us soon becomes monotonous. Marriage is no exception. It too tends to tarnish unless care is taken to keep it glowing.
Many couples enter into marriage with great expectations. But their dreams soon fade into disappointments and unhappiness. One psycho...
There are only two real differences in men—either the degree of their sin or the class of their sin.
Charlotte Reese, who served six years on the U.S. Board of Parole, said, “I believe from the bottom of my heart there is nothing any of us might not do if certain circumstances were different. The breaking point for each of us is different. We differ from the criminal in what we have don...
A defendant came forward in the middle of his trial to plead guilty. “Why didn’t you plead guilty at first and save us all a lot of time?” asked the judge. “I thought I was innocent,” replied the defendant, “but that was before I heard the evidence against me.”
If any one of us could hear all of God’s evidence against us, we would be compelled to plead guilty before his court. The Bible...
Will we know each other in heaven? Most assuredly! The apostle Paul said concerning heaven, “For now we see through the glass darkly; but then face to face: but now I know in part; but then shall we know even as also we are known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).
In heaven our knowledge shall be vastly superior to our knowledge here upon this earth. Do we know each other upon this earth? We most...