A little over a year ago, I published my first online post. Until very recently, I had not had any kind of social media (are we sure this guy is 17?), so until last year, I had never put anything of mine on the internet. Last June, though, I decided to make my first post. It was an article, like this one, and at the time I wrote it, I thought I was the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time – there’s the youth lingo). Since then, I have been taught that I was and am not. I already knew that, but events in my life in the past few months…

If your family is anything like ours, a bug inside the house is basically the call for an all-out assault on the insect world. If the bug happens to be something dangerous (wasp, bee, etc.), things get really interesting. But, usually, it is just one or two bugs, and we can take care of them. Can you imagine what it would be like for your house to be infested with bees? A woman in Houston, Texas recently had to have professionals remove an estimated 70,000-80,000 bees from her house! Even more amazing, the bees have been a recurring problem for the nearly 40 years she has lived in that house.…

If you know anything about what is true, you know why you were created, who created you, and the solution to the sin problem. If you are a Christian, you have obeyed the gospel, having heard the word of God, believed on it, and having repented of your sins, you were washed in the blood of Christ upon your confession in His name. You know the main reason why you need Jesus. He said it Himself – “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except by Me” (John 14:6). We are all sinners. We all need Jesus. That’s why He went to…

I’ve been reading recently about a condition that has some destructive effects on individuals and our relationships.  A number of tests have found it to have the following negative impacts: panic attack shortness of breath dizziness trembling sweating accelerated heart rate chest pain nausea neck, wrist, and elbow pain This addiction can also lead to one or more of the following issues: lack of concentration alienation from family and friends decreased productivity moodiness loss of sleep increased risk of injury or death from automobile accidents and other types of accidents While there are drugs and other substances we ingest that pose great risks to us, this problem is not linked to…

At the heart of the Sermon on the Mount, while Jesus was talking about Old Testament laws and sins and the taking and performing of oaths, he submitted this challenge – “If anyone wants to sue you, and take away your shirt, give him your coat also. If someone compels you to go one mile with him, go with him two” (Matthew 5:40-41). We are familiar with this passage because it is the classic “turn the other cheek” text. It is obvious that our Lord was advising against retaliation and, instead, insisting on a kind heart and an attitude of sacrifice. But what did Jesus really mean by going the…