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Here's a fascinating perspective on the end times. Take a minute - check this out. Imagine. It feels like Doomsday. Half the children die before age five. Most families are living in hovels patched together with debris. Disease is rampant. Drunkenness is a lifestyle for most men. If I added zombies, you'd think this was an apocalyptic movie. But it was real. That was life in the 1750's—the era in which Charles Wesley rose to become one of the greatest preachers of the Gospel with his brother John, and who wrote many of the hymns still sung today. In 1754,...

Whenever you receive a promise in life, the enemy—or someone—will try to steal it. Always. Expect it. There is always resistance. John said, “The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy” (John 10:10). I think he most often comes to destroy your dreams. In Genesis chapter 15, we read how Abram received a promise from God. Though he had no children, he would someday be the father of a great nation. Abram received the promise of a great nation—even when he didn’t have any children—but he had to fight. Abram made a covenant with God. The covenant wasn’t about making...

This is a stunning story with life-changing implications for you and me. Studies indicate that touch is more powerful than words. Physical touch often shows intimacy, friendship, or compassion. Other times it’s a warning, a suggestion of danger, or an obstacle. A friend might hit you playfully, tap your arm, or grab your shoulder as they tell you a story. Think of the person who grabbed your arm to keep you from danger. Perhaps someone slapped you in anger—a touch that said much more than words. Touch resonates throughout our being. Touch is compellingly human. In Matthew’s eyewitness account of...

Every day, frustration hits us from every side — job pressure, delays, traffic, family friction, things out of our control. Frustration can become a weight on our thinking, our daily walk. Like a fifty-pound rucksack you didn't ask for. Like sand in your gearbox. Paul McCartney wrote about frustration in the song “Carry That Weight” on the Beatles' last album. He was covered up with the grind of fame and business and expectations; "Boy, you're gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time ... And in the middle of the celebrations, I break down." Frustration is not your...

There's a distinctive story of the parallels of President Gerald Ford and Rev. Jesse Jackson that is mostly overlooked. It's the lesser known story of Jesse. Jesse Jackson's passing on Monday is a reminder of an era when men of significance shaped the world we now live in, based on their convictions. He made a difference with his life. But there is more to the Jesse Jackson story than political activism. There is a large factor that shaped him into a leader as he grew into manhood. Jesse Louis Burns was born in the South to a single mother. When...