My wife works as a substitute teacher for high school students who are learning English as a second language (i. e., their native tongue is not English). On occasion her students have to write an essay in class to show how well they are learning. When they do this, she is always in the classroom to make sure that the students write their own work. (more…)

Why is thankfulness important? Why does the Bible exhort us to be thankful? (more…)

In our faithless age (Luke 18:8), how can we have living, active faith? Let's not be discouraged if we think we sometimes lack faith. Sometimes people who profess belief in God are deeply ashamed when a crisis occurs and they find their faith is weak. This may happen to us. But let's not despair. The Bible shows that even men and women of powerful faith struggled at times with faith-testing challenges. (more…)

What's your opinion? What is our "chance of success" for entering into eternal life? Good? Bad? And above all else: How does God see our chances of success? (more…)