When the Going Gets Tough ...

When things are going good, it's easy to say, "I'm a man of God." When things are going bad, you have to dig down. Sometimes you want ...

Faith Despite Hunger

Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment--but if you have it when you're hungry, it's genuine.

Experience the Best Teacher

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first, and the lesson afterward.

Putting Faith to the Test

Robert Chesebrough believed in his product. He's the fellow who invented Vaseline, a petroleum jelly refined from rod wax, the ooze that forms on ...

No Reason for Discouragement

John W. Yates shared this letter from a missionary who had gone into the jungles of New Guinea:

"Man," he said, "it's great to be in ...

How to Test the Spirits

Demons are very cowardly, always anxious about the fire that has been prepared for them. To bolster your courage against them, take this sure sign: ...

Tested through Other People

It is no use pretending we are broken before God if we are not broken in our attitude to those around us. God nearly always tests us through other people. ...

Testing God

Prayer, coupled with loving obedience, is the way to put God to the test and to make prayer answer all ends and all things.

The Laboratory of Marriage

God made us all individuals. Then he made half of us male and the other half female. Then he created marriage. Unless you think this was a cosmic practical ...

Differences Can Be a Bond

Roles and idiosyncrasies, when laughed at together, can bond instead of break us.