God doesn't like indecisiveness. We see that in His reaction to the church at Laodicea, which considered itself to be spiritually advanced, but in God's eyes was neither warm nor cold – i. e., undecided. (more…)

As one of eight children I sometimes had difficulty making myself heard. My brothers (six of them) and my sister wanted to say something, too. So my mom would say: "You have twice as many ears as mouths, maybe you should listen more." (more…)

At the end or beginning of the year many retail companies take inventory of their stock: What is the value of the goods on hand? How often do we as Christians take our "spiritual inventory" to determine our condition? (more…)

How does God describe those who are called today? In the apostle Peter's first letter we find an answer to this question: (more…)

Most of us are not body builders in the physical sense of the word. Others are. They spend a lot of time with their weights or at special conditioning machines, developing certain muscles or muscle groups. (more…)