Some people think hell will have a purifying effect on sinners, who will realize the error of their ways and become repentant. But I don't see that in the Bible.

Brokenness is often the road to breakthrough. Be encouraged.

A kingdom man understands that God never said a godly life would be easy; He just said it would be worth it.

God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.

As Christians, we often tend to get our Bible doctrine confused and start mixing truths that were never meant to be mixed.

Im afraid that when it comes to the Christian life, and especially the issue of assurance, too many of us adopt the Barney Fife approach. That is, we let the enemy bully us into believing that were only safe as long as were wearing our Christian 'uniform.'

The issue of race is not an issue of choice. It's an issue of birth.

Whenever my dad wasn't working, he'd take me along to pass out biblical tracts on street corners or in visits to the local prison.

I could have ended up a casualty of a broken family, like so many of the kids around me in inner city Baltimore. But my life was forever changed the year I turned 10. That was the year my dad turned to Jesus.

I was the oldest of four children, and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us. My father and mother were in constant conflict, making divorce seem like the only possible outcome.