Christ's Choice

The Temptation

(Jesus) rose up from the place where the kingdoms of the world shimmered before him, where crowns flashed and banners rustled, and hosts ...

Expect Obstacles

Opposition is a fact: the Christian who is not conscious of being opposed had better watch himself for he is in danger.

Jesus' Use of Litotes

Finally, Jesus says when we talk to the Father about the family, ask him for protection. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil ...

Addictive Behavior: Disease and Choice

Addictive behavior is both a disease and a choice--bondage and rebellion.

A Holy Truism

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the ...

Masters of Our Consent

We are not masters of our own feeling, but we are by God's grace masters of our consent.

Too Much of a Good Thing

Our souls may receive infinite hurt, and be rendered incapable of all virtue, merely by the use of innocent and lawful things. What is more innocent than ...

Lulled into Carelessness

Steve Green, who sang six years with Bill and Gloria Gaither, tells about getting to know some of the work crews in the large auditoriums where their ...

Sin's Deception

When John Belushi died in the spring of 1983 of an overdose of cocaine and heroin, a variety of articles appeared, including one in U.S. News and World ...

Evil in a Pretty Package

Every temptation that comes to me is packaged as a good.