Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12 ESV) If you were in any sort of youth ministry in middle school and high school, you probably have seen this verse. It is used so much in [...]

All this talk on healthcare lately has really got me thinking. First off, let me just say, if you know me you know that I used to be (and you might still think I am) very big on politics. But, lately, I’ve just started having an open-mind on things (everything in general, not just politics). [...]

“For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry [...]

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be [...]

Check it out! Our life is small. Whoa! Our life is just a speck. And, God is absolutely HUGE! When we look up at the stars or across the Grand Canyon, we might, just might, get a feeling of insignificance. Let me share with you, if you will, an experience like no other I have [...]

So, my birthday is tomorrow (August 6th) and my girlfriend just brought me my birthday present. One of which is a daily inspiration book from “The Purpose Driven Life”. I read the book a long time ago, probably when it came out, and when Dayspring Baptist Church did a series on it. So, it was [...]

We all yearn for some kind of “hope” in this world. When the elections were going on, the big thing one candidate was using as his “motto” was “Hope and Change”. He, and his campaign, knew that the biggest thing that was needed in our world (particularly America) was hope. And, of course, people bought [...]

There are so many tv shows, in so many different genres of television. From action shows like 24, to epic drama shows like Lost, to new shows about making new personalities in people for various jobs like Dollhouse. How do the producers do this? How do they make such “epic” shows (whether you think one [...]

The term redistribution of the wealth is “the transfer of wealth from one individual to another”. Many people have the impression that it means “when money is seized from one individual and given to another”. Which, historically, we have seen that the government has done this. Who can blame the government? It is suppose to [...]

6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love [...]