Tag Archives: resources

Our Struggle with Their Struggle

Over the years, I have watched many loving parents and grandparents agonize greatly as they watch the children in their lives struggling.  It doesn’t seem to matter whether these struggles are self-inflicted consequences of their own poor choices or if they are completely apart from anything they have done wrong. The agony in either situation [...]

How Does the Love of God Abide in Him?

Do you have a verse or two in the Bible that you rather wish was not in there? I think all of us do. Like, maybe, “love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44) or forgiving people “seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:22) or “regard one another as more important than yourselves” (Philippians 2:3)? These verses are like spiritual [...]

The One Question that Changes Everything!

  I like it when someone “cuts to the chase” giving me the bottom line of what they want to say without including all the details.  I am often guilty of helping people finish their sentences so they can more quickly get to the point.  I assume some of you might be like that too. [...]

The Biblical Basis for Stewardship and Giving

THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT OF STEWARDSHIP It’s not how much of my money will I give to God, but how much of God’s money will I keep for myself. – Oswald Smith Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. – John Wesley If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, [...]