Illustration: Children, Rough
Children are masterful at taking what their mothers tell them and turning the meaning around entirely in order to get their needs met.
Illustration: Twain’s Knowledge of God
No other relationship can take the place of a personal relationship with the Creator God.
Illustration: Easter Punctuation
What type of punctuation best describes your Easter experience?
Lose and Be Blessed
God uses the foolishness of this world to achieve the most reasonable ends for His children, which is why losing may not make much sense to us and still be the best thing God could intend to have happen to us.
Remember the Magnitude of the Gift that Was Given
The best Christmas gift we can give one another is the gift of Jesus this year and every year to come.
2nd Sunday After Pentecost: No Other Gospel
There is no other gospel-good news-that saves besides the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Him crucified that we might live.
A Hellish Problem
On the doctrine of hell and of a loving God, is an eternity in hell considered to be punishment or the result of a fate requested by a sinner of a loving God?
A Life of Love Is Lived for The Best of Others
Love is more than a feeling, an emotion triggered by attraction. Love is work done internally and expressed outwardly in a self-sacrificing manner.
Illustration: Prayer, Self-Interest
Even children understand the importance and power of prayer...particularly for themselves.
Illustration: Father, Grace
If an earthly father can love unconditionally despite a child's mess, how much more does our heavenly Father love us regardless of our uncleaness?