Immediate Obedience Is The Best Course

by Kevin Burton    My wife Jeannette has a saying, a phrase she uses: “Here in a minute.”    This is recliner speak. She utters the phrase “here in a minute” from her favorite comfortable blue recliner. (We have matching blue recliners. I use mine mostly on NFL Sundays. She uses here year-round.)    “Here …

Hope For The Castaway Through Jesus Christ

by Kevin Burton    To get a picture of what Christ has done for us, it helps to define the word “wilderness.”    Merriam-Webster says wilderness is “a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings.” That kind of wilderness may be wild, but it still has its potential. It just hasn’t been tended …

Sinner Or Saint? Darkness or Light?

by Kevin Burton    If you want to know who you are in Christ, look no further than the opening lines of Genesis.    If some doubt you, or you doubt yourself because of lingering sin within you, hear a thought from Alistair Begg, speaker on the Truth For Life ministry.    We’re looking at …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Spiritual Growth Is A Lifelong Process

by Kevin Burton    Some people have little marks on their walls, measuring of the growth of their children. It’s a pleasure to mark their progress in gaining physical stature.    If your children aren’t growing that sets off serious alarm bells. You’re going to get an appointment with your doctor, without delay.    Yet …

The Christian Life Is All About God’s Glory

by Kevin Burton    The cares of this world are tangible, loud and insistent. With them can come a downward tug, a sapping of energy.    We know from experience that lurking where we can’t see them, around those corners in time, are surprises, ambushes of all sizes and shapes.    So what a blessing …

Speak Up Christian, Wherever You Are

by Kevin Burton    If you know the way, show the way.    This admonition for Christians to share the good news of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, has been said many times and in many ways.    It’s amazing and scandalous that we – I include myself in this – don’t speak up …

In God We Go From Strength To Strength

by Kevin Burton    On those seemingly rare occasions when I am able to wrestle a problem to the ground and tie it up in a bow, I’ve been known to say “on to the next crisis.”    The idea behind that proclamation: here I am, buffeted by the storm, what evil circumstance is coming …