I remember how years ago we were told that advances in technology were going to make our lives so much better and so much easier. We were told that we wouldn’t have so many demands on our time, that we would have so much more leisure time to enjoy. Things didn’t work out that way. If anything, technology makes more demands on our time and has...

The Bible is filled with warnings about the dangers of being deceived. We are warned not to let ourselves be deceived by other people. In Ephesians 5:6 the apostle Paul says, “Let no one deceive you with empty words…” and in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 he says, “Let no one deceive you by any means”. We also are given warning about letting Satan deceive us....

One of the things that is truly characteristic of our society today is an attitude of fear. Not fear of disease or death or natural disaster or any of the other things one might think people would naturally fear, but rather, a paralyzing fear of what others may say about us. We are like little children who are afraid of being “called names”. We are...

The fact that we all make mistakes from time to time is one of those things that we don’t like to admit even to ourselves. Whether we like it or not though, it is a reality of life and we need to deal with these mistakes when they occur. Many times we don’t handle mistakes as we should. King Saul in 1 Samuel 15 is a good example of how mistakes...