Criticism plays a part in everyday life.  It is a natural action of the brain to assess a situation and to make or pass judgments. God blessed each of us with creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.  We can use these same skills to “rise and build” and/or to “rise and tear down.”

    Criticism is defined by Webster’s as “the act of criticizing usually unfavorably.” The interesting part of that definition is the inclusion of the word “unfavorably.” The etymology of the word “criticism” goes back to a time when someone would judge the merits of literary or…

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How Important is Your Righteousness? Humans have a propensity towards “works righteousness.” We may not want to believe it, but deep down, most of us think we are playing a major role in our salvation. I think many Christians acknowledge … Read More →

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Dios es el Padre de la psicología Yo no soy un psicólogo y no pretendo tomar atribuciones de ese tipo sin una licencia acreditada para referirme al tema. Sin embargo Dios es el Padre de la psicología y la Biblia … Read More →

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God Gives the Greatest Gifts “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” (Romans 11:29). When we are young, we are quick to want back the things that we give. A young person wants his friend to like … Read More →

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Responding to the True Miracles There was no way one could see the miracles of Jesus and not be forced to make a decision about who He was. Unlike the “miracles” of televangelists of our day, His miracles were always … Read More →

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Jesus Love the Little Children On two occasions, Jesus used little children to deliver some of the clearest truths about the kind of heart we must have to enter heaven. These occasions are found in Matthew 18 and Matthew 19 … Read More →

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John the Immerser: Greater Other than Jesus, can you think of any person in the Bible who would be greater than Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, any of the judges including Samuel, any of the Old Testament prophets … Read More →

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Loving Our Adversaries Negative feelings, prejudices, harsh experiences, previous conflict, tarnished expectations, these and more lend themselves to a desire not to engage compassion toward real or perceived adversaries.  During World War II, a German Pilot by the name of … Read More →

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The death of Jesus was a stumbling block. The resurrection of Jesus also causes many to stumble. In preaching to the Athenian philosophers, Paul testified that God had raised Jesus from the dead. " Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked" (Acts 17:34).

When Paul stood before King Agrippa, he stated: "King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe" (Acts 26:27). Earlier Paul had said: "Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?"…

God Doesn’t Believe in Atheists God does exist. All of the best-sellers in the world that espouse otherwise will not change that fact. But if we really expect our children to believe and follow the One True Living God, we … Read More →

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