The trees lift their skeletal fingers heavenward, their royal robes in tatters hang upon them and inevitably drop to the ground. Soon...

Have you ever prayed – with despair wrenching your gut, doubt tearing at your mind, discouragement dragging you down, desperation...

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and...

It is easy – and understandable – to feel overwhelmed when confronted with evil on a huge scale. We tend to think, “What difference can I...

Elijah had beaten the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel and outrun Ahab to Jezreel – but when Jezebel tacked up a “Most Wanted” poster, he...

“Therefore, thus says the LORD, ‘If you return, then I will restore you – before Me you will stand; and if you extract the precious from...

In I Kings 19, we read the story of Elijah running for his life from Queen Jezebel. Seeking refuge on Horeb. The wind, the earthquake,...

Part of the power of sin is the power to deceive and the power to wear us down. Sin whispers to us, “You’re no good … you’ve fallen so...

“Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be...

Sometimes, I wonder that Jesus didn’t bang his head against the nearest brick wall. Think about it. In Mark 6, Jesus feeds 5000+ with...

“Grant me no more than to be a sacrifice for God while there is an altar at hand.” – Ignatius of Antioch Our word “martyrdom” comes from...

Doubt and questioning are a normal part of maturing in the Christian faith. For many people, it’s the “rite of passage” that brings them...

“God and daring! Daring is not imprudence. Daring is not recklessness.” Jose Escriva Too many people view Christianity as a milksop …...

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew for themselves cisterns, broken...

Faith. A small word packed with big meaning. Consider how Hebrews 11 defines faith: Faith trusts what God has said. (Hebrews 11:3) Faith...

Hebrews 11:1 is the classic definition of faith: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” I like...

Are you facing a problem that seems insurmountable? It looms in front of you: overwhelming and overpowering. God has a question for you...