What do you say to a man who is so sick that he is literally scraping infection from his body with a piece of broken pottery?

The Word of God is amazingly powerful.  I shared Monday how it is the secret to changing your life.  What makes it so powerful?  Why should we be committed to a daily consumption of it?

We all have things in our life that we want to change.  But changing those things can seem impossible to accomplish.  People often work hard trying to change their behavior with willpower.  When I try to change something in my life with willpower alone I get frustrated and usually fail miserably.

Someone recently asked me if God would use a seer to guide them.  Here is my answer.

Before leaving the topic of gossip I would be remiss if I didn’t share my strategy for avoiding it.  The most important thing to be aware of when it comes to gossip is myself.  I am the main catalyst for propagating harmful talk.

Lets face it gossip is a reality in the church.  It has been since the church started 2000 years ago.  That is why James writes about it.  It is destructive and we must be aware of it.  One may be inclined to think that something is going on around me that caused me to write [...]

Temptation is a constant part of our lives and there are dire consequences when we succumb to it so we better learn how to manage it.  Here is what the Bible has taught me about managing temptation. 

It is amazing to me how we are able to convince ourselves that we can get away with rebellion from God without harm.  It is simply not possible!  There are always consequences when we allow temptation to get the best of us.

Temptation is fascinating.  Everyone in the Bible had to deal with temptation–Jesus, David, Moses, and all the way to the beginning with Adam & Eve.  Temptation is not something we avoid or escape—it may surprise you to hear that it is an essential element of your spiritual growth.