The Real Life

I Timothy 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life Like you, I have seen some magnificent homes in my day. I have driven down Rodeo Drive and seen homes that are not far off. I have...

Loving, Pure, and Honest

I Timothy 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned Recently I was talking with a number of people on the staff of the Bill Rice Ranch. Not everyone on staff is from a Christian home, but many...

God’s Peace is All-Sufficient

II Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all On a scale from one to ten today, how much peace do you have? Would you be a three or a ten? That may be a silly question and maybe it is hard to quantify,...

Hope of the Future

II Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace My grandfather had the sentiment that you should always have something to which you can look...

The Will and Comfort of God

I Thessalonians 4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus Don’t you want to know what God would have you to do today, and don’t you want His help in the doing of it? Sometimes we don’t know what God wants, so we lack there. Sometimes we know what...