Will the 21st century be a time or war or wonder? Who will win the moral battle for the souls of Americans? Can our society survive its moral onslaught before time runs out? As believers, we hold so much in our hands. We have the answers and the power to implement those answers. We cannot fail to respond to God’s call for repentance and confrontation. But how will we do that?   As a young Christian, I read a book entitled The Strong Name by Dr. James Stewart, a New Testament

O ne day, Mary was watching TV and happened upon a special news commentary on Somalia.  Depressed at the whole situation, she flipped to another channel.   Suddenly, she was rebuked about her reaction.  She thought, When God sees disaster, He doesn’t turn the channel.  He doesn’t ignore the suffering in Somalia, and neither can I.   So, Mary flipped back to the channel, and there she saw something she’ll never forget—the  picture of an infant trying to nurse from the breast o

The Bible admonishes us to have a healthy fear of God. He is the absolutely pure and righteous being who abhors evil. He cannot tolerate any unrighteousness. Habakkuk 1:13 tells us, “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; You cannot tolerate wrong” (NIV). God cannot secretly inspire any evil in us, for in His very nature He cannot accept any evil in any form.   God’s holiness requires consequences for sin. We have broken His standard of holiness, and His holiness demands tha