Uplook

In the field of battle, or at athletic events, it's "swifter, higher, stronger," the Olympic motto. But in the work of God, our watchword is very different: "The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong."

Mini-Message Monday: The Secret To Victory (3 mins) — The secret to victory over sin is actually more simple than you might think. It is, as Chalmers called it, "the expulsive power of a new affection" (Chalmers). What does this mean? Listen on...

You'll see in this brief talk a quote I found insightful: "You'll know you're a servant when people start treating you like one." But a dear lady gently corrected it. "You'll really know you're a servant by the way you respond when people start treating you like one."...

Authentic love. Practical kindness. Consistent friendship. Answered prayers. The wisdom of the Word. These are the reasons Muslims give for deciding to become followers of the Lord Jesus. And so with this story.

There are about one million Druze in the world. But this unlettered man was just the kind of special agent needed to do God's work in the Galilee. What he needed was an old book to show him the way.

It seems ironic that three fellows learning carpentry in California had no idea about the world's most famous Carpenter. But the table they were working on held the clue to His discovery.

The online chat started off like so many others. But it didn't take long until it arrived at the shocking conclusion.