The title comes from the chorus of Dottie Rambo's song, recorded by numerous artists over the years. The "He" refers to God and the first verse recounts the story of Job, the second the author's life as a Christian, and [...]
A faith that merely says "Christ died" is little or nothing. A faith that says "Christ died for me" (and says nothing more) is good, but still embraces only part of the Truth, and so will keep life in the [...]
I thank Christianity Today magazine for the above title, which appeared on the cover of the May 2011 issue. In case you haven't heard, the first copies of what we call the King James Bible was printed 400 years ago [...]
One of my many favorite verses is found in my favorite book of the Bible -- Ephesians. "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power at work [...]
Book titles can be great triggers to get the thought processes going. Last week in a bookstore I saw this title and smiled: "The Last Decision You'll Ever Make: A Groom's Survival Guide." See what I mean? Its "a laugh-a-minute [...]
Two things stand out very clearly about Jesus' resurrection. It was not expected by these followers, but received at first with incredulity and doubt and stubborn unwillingness to accept it without clear indisputable proof. And then that they were thoroughly [...]
This fascinating phrase, "the word of his grace", appears twice in the book of Acts and nowhere else. I came across it again recently. Here are the two occurrences: "Therefore they stayed there [at Iconium] a long time, speaking boldly [...]
A search on ChristianBook.com for books on "destiny" yielded 1,122 results! One definition for the word I found online was "something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune." It is now [...]
"Make your tents larger! Spread out the tent pegs; fasten them firmly" (Isaiah 54:2 CEV). "Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep" (Message [...]
In his review of Phillip Cary's book Good News for Anxious Christians in Christianity Today (December 2010), Christopher Benson writes: "How do we follow the commandment to not be anxious about anything" (Phil. 4:6)? The gospel, Cary argues, gives us [...]