We are all called by God as Christians to live in the light of our hope. We are to live with great expectations that life can change. Miracles still happen. God is not finished creating and ...

If our hopes are merely inspired by mortal predictions, we can expect disappointments along life's journey.

God's grace can help us survive tough times and turn out better for it in the end.

All the ways in which our lives have meaning, purpose and direction, they are due to Christ working in and through us that which is well-pleasing in his sight.

The terms "born again" and "get right with God" indicate the eternal truth that, before God can most effectively use us to do his will, we have to go through some form of transformation.

What can encourage us all in times of despair is affirming the presence of God power and peace behind the crisis we are going through.

Many good things have come to pass as a result of a tragic event.

Even as God has shown his love for us in sending us his Son, let us all in one way or another enable justice to be upheld for all people.

God speaks throughout the Book of Hebrews of how important it is for believers to meet regularly for fellowship and sharing.

We are all called to be God's servants in the administration of bringing justice to all the people where they live, work and play.

We seldom hear a sermon preached on doing justice, which the minor prophet Micah stated in Micah 6:8.

Like walking pneumonia, we wake up one morning caught in the grips of a full blown case of "spiritual malnutrition." We feel drained, like a sucked-out orange thrown by the side of the road.

Easter is a time to pick up the pieces of our lives and the sure, strong faith of our childhood that trusted that God could work through all circumstances for our good and for His glory.

In the Book of Proverbs, the writer has been trying to tell us how prac­tical is God's gift of wisdom. The application of wisdom brings abundant life and happiness and joy.

Christ died in vain for all the nonchurch members who tell you when you visit, "Friend, I am not good enough to be a member of your congregation," or who say, "When you church members stop being ...

The story of Joseph in Genesis does not even mention God's name until the powerful words, "The Lord was with Joseph." That proclamation echoes down the corridors of time.

Second only to the call of Mary and Joseph to be the parents of Jesus, the Christ, is the calling of Abram and Sarai to set in motion the history of the "fathers" of Israel.

Jesus had a lot to say about forgiveness; therefore, whatever he addressed especially with those he called his disciples, we disciples living today need to understand and practice. Examples are ...

"Fear of the Lord" in Proverbs can trans­late to parent-child relationships.

There are times when there are no satisfying answers to the "why questions." All we can do is trust in God and stop trying to figure out all the whys and wherefores.