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

As a teen-age hemophiliac, Steve Sawyer contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion. A few years later, while in college, Steve placed his trust in Christ.   “I know I’ve been given heaven.  So what am I going to do about it?” he once said.   This is what he did.  He dropped out of college and began traveling worldwide, speaking to more than 100,000 students about Jesus Christ.  Some 10,000 accepted Christ as their Savior.   Steve died in 1999 at age 24.  His short

As followers of Christ, we are accountable to God for using all the resources He has entrusted to us for His glory. The questions we must answer are:   How are we as a nation using our influence and affluence for the glory of God? Are we exporting positive or negative influences? What does God think of what we are sending to the world over our television and radio waves, in our movies and books, and through our Internet connections?   For 500 years, God has been equipping Ame