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Becoming Gold: Refining Our Spiritual Character

Written by Johnathan Armstrong

Gold has skyrocketed in price recently, but it has long been highly valued. Its properties provide a biblical analogy to our spiritual character. The word gold appears 417 times throughout the...

The Power of Positive Expectations and Encouragement

Written by Becky Bennett

It’s easy to feel discouraged and incapable, and it takes a special person to believe in us and help us with positive encouragement. Thankfully, we can all be those special people! Oh, I was...

Is Evil Becoming Normal?

Written by Adam Sanders

If the world is becoming so evil that God will have to intervene, why can’t people see it? Jesus Christ said in His Olivet Prophecy that the time before His second coming would be like the...

Help Your Child Discover Talents and Aptitudes

Written by Larry W. Greider

Finding a meaningful job that is satisfying and stimulating is ideal. After years of education, our children will spend the rest of their lives making a living. How can we help them avoid ending up...

No Time to Waste

Written by Mike Bennett

Got a minute—or five? I believe these biblical time management principles will be worth every minute. God gave us our time—every second of it. It’s a great blessing and a big...

Mastering the Fundamentals

Written by Johnathan Armstrong

You can’t succeed in sports without mastering the fundamentals. The same is true of our spiritual lives. When I was growing up, I was very active in sports. From the age of 7, I played...

A Father’s Perspective on Parenting the First Year

Written by Paul Suckling

I had the incredible experience of seeing both of our children born, and what a thrill it was! After months of waiting and helping my wife more and more as time moved along in her pregnancy, the...

Temptations: Why Did I Want That Useless Piece of Plastic?

Written by Johnathan Armstrong

I remember as a child whining to try to get an exciting new toy—which really turned out to be just a worthless piece of junk. Are adult temptations much different? Have you ever seen...

Pictures of Devotion

Written by Karen Meeker

Devotion manifests itself in different ways, but few are as profound or elicit such emotion as images, mental or real, of the bereft. Consider a devoted pet or a mother like Rizpah. Hawkeye...