God took a handful of dirt and fashioned it into His image and likeness. He called His creation “MAN.” But man wasn’t alive yet. He wasn’t alive until God BREATHED into his nostrils the breath of life. When Satan came to the Garden of Eden, he manifested himself in...

I ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant and two of the managers were standing near my table in a discussion. I couldn’t help but overhear as they discussed some kind of repair work that needed to be done. At first, the conversation was completely in Spanish, but then I...

I was reading three different stories from the Gospels one night before going to bed. In each story I noticed a connecting thought … there was someone trying to get to Jesus but couldn’t because other people were in the way. The three stories were: The woman with the...

I was reaching for the bar of soap one morning and noticed that there was a big gash on one of its corners. It looked like someone dropped the soap on the floor. The huge gash in its side gave testimony to the trauma it had been through. But, I didn't throw the bar...

Some think that I’m narrow-minded, but that’s simply not true. I don’t have a narrow mind … I just have a narrow road that I’m walking on. I see others walking down the road next to mine. There are large crowds going down that road, but it’s going in the opposite...

A religious man came to Jesus and said, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to the man, “What does the scripture say?” The man replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus...

You've probably heard of the “fruit of the Spirit” listed in Galatians 5. If so, you might find this interesting. When I was preparing for a lesson on the fruit of the Spirit many years ago, I noticed something about this list of spiritual attributes that I had never...

I used to be one of those people who, when I saw someone having a lot of bad things happening to them, assumed that they were “being punished” by God for something wrong they had done. You’ve probably thought the same thing a time or two in your life. I suppose we've...

“He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.” - Luke 1:15 (Words spoken by the angel Gabriel to Zacharias concerning his son, John the Baptist). There is an increasing number of Christians who believe that human life begins with breath....