Various Trials

1 Peter 1:6-7 “In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have
been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith – more
precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire – may be found to result in
praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

To call the persecution of the Christians in and around Asia Minor, “various trials”
seems, by my estimation, inadequate. I believe it fair to assume that some of the
“Exiles of the Dispersion” rolled their eyes, or possibly…

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Know Your Value

I find it interesting how often we can be the harshest critics of ourselves. It
seems as if it’s easier for us to find the good and value in others, and yet we
neglect to see that in ourselves. How often do you find yourself asking the
question, “How could anyone love someone like me?”, or “I have made so
many mistakes, so how is it that anyone sees value in me”? I believe that in
these low moments when we struggle to see our value, we ought to take a
moment to look at ourselves through the…

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RAISING CAIN
(By Dan Richardson)

Jude, a servant of Christ, wrote by inspiration to admonish Christians to "contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3).  The need for this is apparent by the warning in the next verse: "For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ" (vs. 4).  In further description, Jude said, "Woe…