“If you spend yourself out physically, you become exhausted; but spend yourself spiritually, and you get more strength” — Oswald Chambers.  Most realize that you have to have a strict discipline and a strong hand to exercise physically on a regular basis. We tend to decline. In the Spirit it’s

As the American founders declared, some truths are self evident. If only all of life were so simple. Some maybe, but not that many.   If you hold every truth to be self evident you will believe the world is flat. Some things have to be proven, and when they are

Several years ago, I spent a quiet evening with some good friends in Minsk, Belarus. Dave and Nina Esala spent many years as pioneer missionaries to the Soviet Union. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dave led two young men to the Lord on the streets of St Petersburg.

The story of the good neighbor is quite a simple one. It is also a timeless story. Jesus told it to highlight issues that we still face today. In brief, he describes a certain man who was mugged, stripped of his money, and left for dead in a ditch. Then

Recently, I had a short dialogue on Facebook with a young man who challenged me with the question, “Where has socialism failed? In most European countries it has thrived…“ His very question clearly demonstrates the historically inaccurate or dishonest education he has received — if we can assume he is a

We received this testimony of a healing and miracle. We thought it good to share it with you and glorify the Lord together:“Joshua Humes was born 19 years ago with Hydrocephalus. Last fall, He was having dizzy spells and said his head was feeling funny. We took him to

There are sins of omission and sins of commission. Failure to act can be just as sinful as taking action. Why? Because refusing to act produces consequences as morally damning as when we act. One cannot say he is free from guilt simply because he did not act, when he

It’s one of the more common phrases. You’ve heard it a dozen times: history repeats itself. But no one seems to be able to put their finger on just which bit of history is bound to repeat. The fact is some things are flatly forgotten before they come