The One Decision for Salvation

The One Decision for Salvation

Once at a church in New England, I asked a group of deaf adults: “Heart: what mean?”  I asked this question after a Sunday school lesson in which the word heart was signed often. For them to have understood the lesson, understanding the spiritual dynamic of the...
The One Decision for Salvation

Why Your Opportunity Looks Like a Problem

A frigid wind scoured Chicago, but the toddler was burning with a fever. Her parents hovered by her crib and prayed for the storm to blow over. The storm threatening them was not some force outside their damp apartment; it was the spinal meningitis within the body of...
The One Decision for Salvation

How to Move Ahead in the New Year

  When God leads in a new year or in a new way, you can either trust Him or fear the future. Many would prefer a tyranny they know to the freedom of a future they do not know. Remember the Israelites who followed God, fled Egypt, then found themselves trapped...

How and When to Bring Your Child to Christ

For any earnest parent, there is a tension between the desire to bring a child to Jesus and the fear that a child is too young to decide.  I well remember how I felt when each of my children was at the age when I wasn’t certain how much he understood, but I...