I'm usually very flowery in my openings, but today allow me to be pretty blunt. Can you imagine what would happen if we took all the time we spend complaining and actually harnassed it for good? Frankly, we'd likely have little to complain about because we would have...

John 15:19 New International Version (NIV) 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Many say being a Christian is simply uncool....

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NASB) 'There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven- A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down...

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.  Revelation 2:4 Have you ever had your heart broken by someone?  Maybe in middle school and the person you had a crush on gave you the cold shoulder, or as an adult, maybe a relationship you...

I've fallen off a bicycle more times than I care to count, and have a variety of scars to show for it. I've been thrown off a four-wheeler, been in two roll-over accidents, and had my appendix out.  Yet, I can honestly say that what has caused more hurt in my life...

Mark 1:18 New International Version (NIV) 18 At once they left their nets and followed him. I can remember as a young boy my grandpa teaching me how to fish. He was an avid fisherman. When the work was done, it was off to the nearest pond, lake, or river. He was a...