“Merry Christmas!” That’s what it says on the cards I send out every December.  If anybody calls them ‘holiday cards’ they are going to get a harsh reprimand. It’s a Christmas card. I’ve gotten lots of cards that wish me “Happy Holidays” and some that convey sincere “Season’s Greetings”, but the ones I cherish are those...

Human behavior suggests that people are “hard-wired" to retaliate when they have been hurt by another person.  Our pride or self-esteem is injured. Our expectations or dreams are disappointed.  We lose something very valuable to us.  We want recompense for the damages. But there are other resistances which block our motivation to forgive. ...

My husband and I have been married for many years but over the last 10 years I've been really growing in my faith. My husband, on the other hand, seems no further along in his Christian walk than he was 10 years ago. He thinks and hopes there is a God, but doesn't desire a real relationship with Jesus. He considers himself to be a "good person" (which...

My husband has been diligently praying for the same things for years, yet he has received no answer that he knows of. He is a man after God's heart, but he is getting very discouraged. How does the Lord answer our prayers? How do you know it's truly from the Lord and not from "you"? I try and encourage him, but find lately that I myself am not at...

What advice would you give to someone who waited for the right one to come along and then finds out his walk with the Lord is not as strong as she thought it was? Sometimes I wonder if he really has a personal growing walk with God. How does one overcome the disillusionment? Advice: I hear your pain. I've thought about having several of my...

How can I know God's will for my life? Advice: The great man of faith, George Muller, told how he could ascertain the will of God. Here it is: 1. I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. 2. I do not leave the result to feeling of simple impression. If I do so, I...

This is part 1 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian Millions are not sure A prominent businessman, a leader in his church, sat across from me in my office. By  every standard of human measure, this man was an outstanding success. As we talked, it became increasingly clear that in spite of his active leadership in the church,...