5 Ways You Can Keep Your Baptismal Promises

5 Ways You Can Keep Your Baptismal Promises

It is wise and sober on the part of any Christian to know that we are not above sin.  The devil “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8) In Colossians 3:5 Paul lists five types of behavior which are no longer to be...
Colossians 3: Growing Into Glory

Colossians 3: Growing Into Glory

When Christ who is our life is revealed, you will be revealed with Him in glory. Glory is a word that means “light.” Sometimes glory also means heaviness; think of the overwhelming brightness of the presence of God. When the children of Israel made the...
Philippians 2: How to Think Like Jesus

Philippians 2: How to Think Like Jesus

Our thoughts shape our actions. I’ve made a career in higher education, even to becoming the President of Houston Baptist University because I think it’s vitally important that we get our ideas right. The way we think affects the way we live. Think About This When You...
Marriage and its Opposites

Marriage and its Opposites

Scripture forbids homosexual behavior because it is the very antithesis of marriage. In Romans 1, Paul, with breathtaking speed, described homosexual experience as impure, dishonorable, degrading, and against nature. God, as an act of wrath, gave people over to those...