I first met her in high school. She was older than I and exciting. She’d

“been around.” My parents warned me to have nothing to do with her, but

I kept meeting her on the sly. She was so sophisticated and worldly. It

made me feel grown up just being with her. It was fun to take her to a party

in those days.

We began seeing more of each other, after I started college. When I got a

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my

burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 ESV)

I am increasingly aware of the limits that my body can sustain. Whether it

is losing control of weights in a public forum, or painfully working through

We know that if the earthly tent, which is our house, is torn down, we have

a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling

from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we

do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed,…

Have you ever done something that your God-given conscience told you

that you shouldn’t, but you did it anyway, only to bitterly regret it later?

The following old story illustrates how foolish that is. One cold morning a

man was walking in the woods and spied a snake. Because of the weather

the snake was stiff and motionless. The man picked it up and put it in the

bib of his overalls. Before he got home the snake warmed up and

There are numerous prophecies throughout the Old Testament. While

many of these speak of doom and gloom for the nations in the area

surrounding Israel, such as what the book of Obadiah says about the

Edomites and what the book of Jonah says about the Ninevites, 700 of the

prophecies in the Old Testament speak about the details of the life of Jesus,

from His birth to His ministry, and even describing His death.

One of the most…

It was the summer of 1992, and the Olympic games were being held in

Barcelona, Spain. There was one particular afternoon that Great Britain’s

Derek Redmond took to the track and competed in the men’s 400m

semifinal. It was about 200m into the race that Derek Redmond felt the

intense pain of a torn hamstring, prompting him to tumble to the ground.

With a determination to finish the race, and out of sheer pride for his

country, he…

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            A person who is in Christ has a new life. Jesus told Nicodemus, "I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” (John 3:5-7) Paul wrote, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he…

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THE GROWTH OF THE CHRISTIAN
(David A. Cox)

“But grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”  (2 Peter 2:18).

Peter points out that being a Christian is not just a one-time decision made, and then it is over.  Being a Christian involves a lifetime of growth. The Christian is a child of God and a part of the family of God.  The family analogy gives us the picture of brothers and sisters, children, and parents.  God is the Father.  As the Father, He…

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“For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18a).

Consider four important things this verse tells us about Jesus’ death.

1. “Christ died for sins.” The gospel message is not just that a man was crucified; in the Roman era, that happened all the time. What the New Testament affirms is that Jesus’ death on the cross was God’s appointed sacrifice to take away sins, the heart of His plan for redeeming mankind. He “bore the sin of many and…