Philippians 3:4b-14 When you have it all, it's hard to give it up. I recently went to an estate auction where everything had to be sold, not because of death, but because of divorce. Two million dollars plus was the bottom line. The owner rode his prize show horse in the ring while the bidders nodded their...

Exodus 17:1-7 Life is a journey where we will discover the sufficiency of God when we learn to trust Him. However, we would be naive to believe that our faith will go untested on the journey. God's people and God's leaders both have lessons to learn on the journey which cannot be fully understood except...

Philippians 1: 20-30 A famous evangelist once said that there was a topic he could address on any occasion with any group without fear of contradiction - the universal nature of death. Perhaps babies should come with a warning label, "birth will be hazardous to your life." There is a one to one correspondence between...

Romans 14:1-12 As a student at a small non-denominational Bible college I recall a rather animated debate between two classmates on the issue of a Christian shopping at a grocery store that sold beer. One colleague argued that to frequent such an establishment was an implicit endorsement of the sale and consumption of...