[caption id="attachment_37528" align="alignleft" width="338" caption="Photo by Montauk Beach"][/caption] In our debate, at a recent atheist convention (May 18, 2012), my colleague Paul Chamberlain and I squared off against Christopher DiCarlo and Matt Dillahunty in front of an audience of 300 people comprised of mostly atheists along with a few...

Reaching your friends for Christ is a lot easier when you have a tool. Take the 35 Day Challenge to see how God can use you to change a life.  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do...

Is it time to take a step of faith?   “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. (Isaiah 60:1)   My beloved daughter, it is time for you to arise and take your stance in the light of my Son. I, your heavenly Father, am calling you out of darkness. Arise from your affliction for my power...

Open your bible and read Colossians 1:9-14 . If someone should pose the question, "How can I pray for you?" would you be able to give a clear answer? Oftentimes we simply do not know what to say. The same thing can happen with our friends - when we ask them that question, we frequently get a vague answer. Learning to pray for one another does...

It can be hard to hear God in the busyness of life. Take today’s lesson to hear how to listen better.   “And after the fire came a gentle whisper.” (1 Kings 19:12b) There’s a moment just before the performance begins where the lights go down and the symphony tunes.  It’s a strange, cacophonous sound, nothing at all like the...

“Prayer plows ground,” says Emmie Stanley of Breakthrough Prayer. “Seed goes in and that’s when the harvest comes. You start with prayer and something’s going to happen next.” Well somebody must be praying because things are certainly happening at Breakthrough Prayer. In the past three months, Emmie Stanley and her team of committed...

A sign outside of a church once read, “Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read”. Christians are urged to love God and to love others. However, loving God THROUGH loving others is sometimes easier said than done. Beth Scholes from FamilyLife Canada faced the reality that sometimes Christians are labeled “hypocrites”...