Matthew 7:1-5
Psychologists tell us we use defense mechanisms to defend ourselves. One of them is projection or attributing to others the undesirable charact...
Matthew 6:25-34
A reporter once visited a widow who had raised six children and had adopted six more. He asked the woman how she had been able to this by her...
Matthew 6:19-24
Possessions can give us joy. Our possessions can help us make a status statement. They can also lead us into debt. Worse yet, they can steal ...
Matthew 6:16-18
The story is told of a financially depressed American couple living in Switzerland. They were involved in a program of study that lasted thre...
Matthew 6:9-15
John Hannah said, “The end of prayer is not so much tangible answers as a deepening life of dependency…The call to prayer is a call to love, s...
Matthew 6:9-15
Charles H. Spurgeon, a great English Baptist pastor, said, “A prayerless church member is a hindrance, he is in the body like a rotting bone, ...
Matthew 6:5-8
How does it work? Does it work? There is uncertainty, confusion, and comfort that surround any teaching on prayer.
If we major on the sovere...
Matthew 6:1-4
One of the most significant events of the late nineteenth century was urban and city growth. Immigrants and those from rural areas poured in. I...
Matthew 5:43-48
Suppose you were a lifeguard rescuing a drowning person.
If the person was your best friend or even a casual acquaintance, we would probab...
Matthew 5:38-42
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. They had no legal authority, but had to make decisions because of milita...
Matthew 5:33-37
Truth is sometimes hard to find. There was a time when people were as good as their word—and some still are. There were no written contracts, j...
Matthew 5:27-32
Maintaining a marriage and a family takes work and a lot of maintenance.
As in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, we’re often temp...
