What Makes a Story Great? At the core of nearly all the great stories is a desperate struggle between good and evil. This struggle provides the context and foundation for understanding everything else in the story. It defines who are the heroes and heroines and who are villains. And[…]

We can discern God’s calling when three factors come together for us. 1. Affinity – What interests me? What are my passions? 2. Ability – What am I good at? What do people say I am effective in? 3. Opportunity – What doors for service are open? What needs[…]

“Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, wie in My glo—die werke wat Ek doen, sal hy ook doen; en hy sal groter werke doen as dit, omdat Ek na my Vader gaan.” (Joh 14:12).Wie ookal glo in Jesus het die belofte dat hy groter werke sal doen as Jesus.[…]

Die tragiese realiteit van die moderne samelewing is n radikale mens-gesentreerde fokus.  Ons het n omvattende opvoedkundige filosofie rondom hierdie mens-gesentreerde beskouing gevorm.   Ons het programme, motiverende studies, verkoops tegnieke en n legio ander stelsels ontwikkel ter ondersteuning van hierdie beskouing.  Meeste moderne mense het geen konsep van enige[…]

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God FOR CHRIST’S SAKE hath forgiven you” (Eph. 4:3-2). The Holy Spirit said God hath forgiven us “for Christ’s sake.” This being true, why should it be wrong for us to use the phrase “for Christ’s[…]

There are layers of answers to that. One purpose is obedience to God, because in so many different places we are urged to pray, and we are urged to pray without ceasing. So even if we were not able to explain why we should pray, we should pray because[…]

The tendency of modern theology is the deification of man rather than the glorification of the creator.  The influence of Realism and that of Darwinism has penetrated the church. Even those who are clear, intellectually, upon other truth, are rarely sound in doctrine. Few, very few, today, really believe[…]

Article by  Randy Alcorn  Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries Mountain climbers could save time and energy if they reached the summit in a helicopter, but their ultimate purpose is conquest, not efficiency. Sure, they want to reach a goal, but they desire to do it by testing and deepening their[…]

Article by Jon Bloom. God can be maddeningly hard to get. When God says that his ways are not our ways, he really means it (Isaiah 55:8). We have these encounters with him where he breaks into our lives with power and answers our prayers and wins our trust and[…]

Of the three main means of God’s grace in the Christian life — his word, prayer, and fellowship — prayer is likely the least exercised. Why do we struggle so much to pray? That question has many answers, and we’ve probably heard most of them. We’re distractible, we’re lazy,[…]