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Bottom Line Thinking
Contributor: Chad Roberts What is the ultimate outcome of your faith? In business, we call it the bottom line. Colossians 1:28 is a meaningful verse to me because Paul gets down to the bottom line of Christianity. He writes, “Him we proclaim, warning...
Mary’s Yes
Contributor: Chad Roberts While the Bible doesn’t tell us how Joseph and Mary met, little did they know that their story would be part of changing the world forever. Joseph and Mary were from a small town called Nazareth. When you think small town, think...
Satan Wants Our Children
Contributor: Chad Roberts If you are paying attention to the spiritual climate of our country, you know that we are in uncharted waters. It seems as though Satan has taken off his mask and is bombarding our nation with unprecedented evil. Recent news...
Make Your Mess Your Message
There is not one person who has not regretted choices they made in life. No matter how hard we try, we will make mistakes and create messes. Some of those messes result from ill-conceived decisions. Other messes come from a person or situation that is not within our...
Now
Contributor: Chad Roberts Does Satan often remind you of your past? It seems he keeps a detailed record of our mistakes and failures, and he has a way of bringing them up right as God begins to move in our life. For many it’s one step forward, two steps...
The Good Fight of Faith
Contributor: Chad Roberts One of the choice weapons of the enemy is discouragement. If Satan causes defeat in any area of our lives, it is usually tied to some type of discouragement. Perhaps you are well acquainted with this struggle. In all of the...
Days of Adversity
Contributor:Chad Roberts The events of life can be unpredictable. Consequently, the average person lives in a reactionary mode. For Christ-followers however, scripture invites us to ponder or consider the work of God in the circumstances of day-to-day...
Methuselah and the Mercy of God
Contributor: Chad Roberts Methuselah is one of the most well known people of the Bible. He is famous for being the longest living man recorded. He lived a staggering nine hundred sixty-nine years. What most fail to consider is why did God allow him...
God’s Call to Watch and Pray
The popular slogan, “Prayer Changes Things,” can be found on anything printable or engravable. Yes, prayer does change things, but most importantly, it changes our hearts and the hearts of those for whom we are praying. Prayer keeps the heart with all diligence, for...
God Looks On The Heart
The Lord recently put this scripture on my heart: “The Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (I Samuel 16:7). We have been conditioned to focus on the external. Therefore, our perceptions...
Sticks and Stones
My mother taught me the children’s rhyme, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me.” The intended use of the rhyme was to deflect name-calling and verbal bullying and to teach children that name calling cannot hurt; thereby, making...
Were Adam & Eve Real People?
Adam and Eve’s existence has been argued since the beginning of time. A Gallup poll determined that only 24 percent of Americans believe the Bible to be the literal Word of God. The other 76 percent believe the Bible is a book of myths, legends, teachings, and that...