Rejoice In Your Blessed Hope Dear Christian

by Dane Massey    (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.)      I’ve been thinking on the Hope that is ours in Christ. The return of Christ, the bodily resurrection and ultimately a transformed creation are key elements to this “blessed hope.”     These are …

Consider What Riches You Have Dear Christian

by Kevin Burton    The bad news is you can’t take it with you. The good news is, you’re not gonna need it, not gonna miss it at all.    So don’t sweat your present conditions on earth dear Christian, no matter what they are. Your day will come, in fact is already declared, your …

How You Doing With Spiritual Screen Time?

by Kevin Burton    Every Sunday around church time my iPhone sends me a message about screen time, how much time I have spent on the phone that week compared to other weeks.     I don’t care about the message. I didn’t ask for it and I have no use for that data.    Not …

God’s Impetuous Child Lives At My House

by Kevin Burton    I actually did this, I promise. Neither Winston Churchill nor any other learned observer from the past, present or future, would have called this “my finest hour.”    I bring you this, even though there may be somebody reading Page 7 for the first time today. Sheesh.     There was a …

Use The Whole Armor Of God All Of The Time

by Kevin Burton    A policeman, a hockey goalie, a beekeeper, all of them use protective equipment to do their jobs. And they don’t leave part of that protection in their locker.    Even more so, a believer can’t afford to go into battle without taking all the weapons God has prepared for us. The …

Let Your Work For Jesus Be Wholehearted

by Kevin Burton   Half-heartedness in the service of Jesus, makes Jesus sick.     The Bible says so. This is a message from Jesus to the Church at Laodicea:    “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot …

A Defense Of The Resurrection For Easter

by Pastor Warren Wiersbe    If the gospel of John were an ordinary biography, there would be no chapter 20.    I am an incurable reader of biographies, and I notice that almost all of them conclude with the death and burial of the subject. I have yet to read one that describes the subject’s …

Your Christian Walk: War All Day, Every Day

by Kevin Burton    A lawyer asked Jesus what was the greatest commandment of all. But he wasn’t seeking information. This was spiritual warfare.    Here’s what Jesus said:    “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘You …

No Such Thing As Truly Unanswered Prayer

by Kevin Burton    Parents don’t give children everything they want. They have reasons for saying no sometimes.    Your Heavenly Father is of course much wiser than earthly parents. So we shouldn’t be surprised sometimes, when even fervent prayers are met with silence.    “When we pray, we are engaging in the most precious …

50 Years Ago, Terry Jacks’ “Season In The Sun”

by Kevin Burton    When you move into a house, you see it and feel it in a way all your own. You inhabit that space with your special vitality.    The way others see that space, if they see it at all, may be interesting, but it lays no lasting hold on you.    …