He said, “The man who is to be used of the Lord (we would say, “The person”) will hear from heaven.  God will give him a promise … some familiar promise it may be, will suddenly grip him in such a way that he will know God was spoken.”

So, if you have read these words and inwardly blushed in shame, it’s the first step to God’s embrace.  Over a half-century ago I first encountered the words of William Bridges and then memorized them to be able to say them before people, “If you lay yourself at Christ’s feet, He will take you into His arms!”

The angel said with heavenly authority when these words were spoken, “behold, I bring you good news of great joy” (Luke 2:10) . So, from the very start joy was meant to be attached to Jesus’ coming into our world. Two of the great men of the faith who lived long ago said powerful words about Christmas joy. Augustine said, “The Christian should be an alleluia from head to foot,” and that happens when the coming of Christ to our world is fully appreciated and honorably celebrat

Allow me to unfold a true and tragic story of a man who walked away from God and the words above were some of his final public utterances.  Let’s take it step by step. There were two outstanding evangelists.  Both earned attention, not only in North America and Great Britain.  Both were friends who worked side by side and often preached together on the same night.  Also, they were active in starting and guiding Youth for Christ  in its early days.  One was named Charles and t

As we approach Thanksgiving 2025, Michael Gott has selected a true-to-life illustration to not only instruct us with a very Biblically-based insight, but to help us see how we can all live with authentic freedom from material things controlling, as they do many lives. He chose the vivid story to encourage all of us to a humble spirit and to live lives fully devoted to Jesus. And with the current torrent of advertisements for turning the holiday away from one of gratitude towa

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