Posts in category For the Heart

You won’t like my answer, but here it is anyway: Endure hardness. There are no shortcuts to becoming a successful missionary. There’s no quick, alternative …

God in His wisdom knew that His Church needed this very searching and practical prayer. He knew that we need it continually as an important means of steering our hearts away from the world’s distractions and toward His love for the lost and His eternal purpose to use us to reach the nations.

In his classic work, “How to Read a Book,” Mortimer Adler writes, “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how …

Lately, the words of this classic hymn have echoed in my head. The stirring melody by Jean Sebelius has become the theme music for my …

I will never forget the old Jewish woman. I met her at a nursing home in Hendersonville, NC. A group of us Christian college guys …

Not a Pointless Evil Throughout the Bible and church history, we see that God uses suffering to prepare and equip His servants for usefulness in …

As you do this, you will see that God will not fail to work in you and make your heart more like His. God will use you to help others move from the path of destruction to the narrow way of life.

To be one of God’s people is the highest possible privilege a blessing far beyond our comprehension. Likewise, to fail to become one of God’s people is a tragedy whose sorrow is beyond description.

Your oldest child heads off to college. A friend you led to Christ and have been discipling moves over 1,000 miles away. Your work contract …

I have met Christians that conclude that they don’t need the local church anymore. They might watch services online, listen to sermon podcasts, or read …