These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. Hebrews 11:39-40 (NIV, 1984) The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is familiar to many as being “God’s

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 (ESV) Throughout the years I have served in pastoral ministry, I have encountered parents who would quote this beloved proverb as a promise that their “wayward” child would

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 1 Corinthians 3:7-8 (NIV, 1984) There are many who believe

You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s (or womans’s) life is but a breath.         Selah Psalm 39:5 (NIV, 1984) If you have spent much time reading the Psalms, you have noted at the end of several stanzas you

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 (NIV, 1984) One of our most recent graduates is moving out west to take a position with a ministry similar to Adult & Teen Challenge MidSouth. He is (or was)

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness

But when the time had had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.    Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV, 1984) By now, I hope that we can all agree that Mark

Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to someone else . . . .”                        Galatians 6:4 (NIV, 1984) Somewhere in the depths of Lucifer’s cold, dark heart there came a moment when it somehow made sense that he was worthy

When Jesus spoke to the people again, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”                                    John 8:12 (NIV, 1984) Christmas is the season of lights. Anything that can be used to celebrate the season will