Character

Life’s Vanity

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. (Proverbs 16:8–9 NIV)

Next to the surprise of life’s brevity, the second is our vanity, and the third follows closely on its heels…

Imitators of God

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:1–2

Our Greatest Political Need

(This is Veterans Day in America, a day we express our appreciation to those who have served in our armed forces. I am grateful that America as a nation has stood for the liberation of oppressed people, and not the enslavement of free people. Our military is under the leadership…

Rising from the Ashes

For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again… Proverbs 24:16

For I can do all things through him who gives me strength. Phil. 4:13

Will your problems defeat you or will you defeat your problems? You will not know how much…

Character First

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach…

1 Timothy 3:2

God places His emphasis on character for those whom He calls to serve Him. The requirements here for…

Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden … the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.