Storms can be frightening things. Sometimes they strike with little, if any, warning. They can be powerful and dangerous, even deadly. One of the most frightening things about storms is that there is very little we can do about them. We can’t eliminate them or lessen their severity. All we can do is make what preparations we can to make ourselves...

We tend to become like the people we keep company with. We begin to talk like they do and act like they do and we begin to share their likes and dislikes. This is fine if the people we keep company with are good, godly people. It is not so good if they are worldly people. The Israelites were warned that if they left any of the original inhabitants...

It seems that we hear a lot these days about “unintended consequences”. People do something intending to do good but some unforeseen bad thing happens. Sometimes the cause of “unintended consequences” is that people haven’t given sufficient thought to their actions. Sometimes bad things happen because they didn’t consult knowledgeable people, they...

Temptation is part of life. While we may take steps to minimize temptation, we can never eliminate it completely. James said in James 1:14, “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.” We carry the source of temptation around with us. So what do we do when we find ourselves dealing with temptation? Number 1: We...