Tempting Thoughts

Temptation clothed in deceit has been satan's time honored ploy since the first apple of Eden. It always promises betterment but never delivers. Yet, temptation is continually successful.
Temptation clothed in deceit has been satan's time honored ploy since the first apple of Eden. It always promises betterment but never delivers. Yet, temptation is continually successful.
It is with an enduring lament I now consider the massive effort my good Lord has exerted to gain my attention.
Faith ushers us into the right relationship with God. It gives Him more opportunity to work well in our lives.
The Rev. Dr. Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) wrote in The Night of Weeping of his pastoral intents: “to minister to the saints . . .
Would you rather live in the presence of God that seeks the miraculous than the weakness of faith that dismisses the miraculous? Jesus still teaches that the Father gives the Holy...
Voltaire (1694 - 1778) lived dangerously. A fine thinker and author, he challenged French authority, spent two sentences in jail and lived in exile.
Life is an exhaustingly permanent tussle with others, but more so, self. Life contains eternal riches to be tasted and even received upon earth.
Proverbs speak of things hidden from men's minds, but necessary to their hearts. Proverbs can hold surprising notions and predict unseen outcomes.
Principles are a man's compass, the center lines down his roads, and the sign-posts at his life's intersections - those points of response and decision.
Where is the sage, who is the oracle to these times? Who can discern darkness within light? Where is the wise watchman who speaks up? All that glitters is not gold - equally,...