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Who’s Winning the Battle for Your Mind—and for Your Family?

We thought we’d never see our local schools, universities, legislatures and even some churches make concerted efforts to change what we believe, control what we think, and restrict what we’re free to say and do.

Facing Discrimination Because You’re a Christian?

If you’re facing unjust discrimination or even persecution because of your Christian faith, what can you do?

Secrets to a Lasting Love

Do you want to learn how to keep the honey in honeymoon? There’s no better advice I can give couples than to submit to the Lordship of Christ in their lives.

How You Can Handle Conflict in Relationships

My wife Joyce and I are so different. I thought I knew her well. After all, we met in the 4^thgrade. But didn’t realize how different we were until we were on a Ferris wheel. For some reason, it stopped with our gondola at the top, and I thought it would be fun to rock it back and forth. I discovered we are very different!

How To Have Mastery Over Your Mind

There’s an aspect of our lives we must control if we’re going to live this year in victory. We must have mastery over our minds. None of us knows what the coming year will bring. We must command our thought life—and not the other way around.

The Greatest Event in Human History

Some years ago, the United States sent a capsule to the moon, and for the first time a man—Neil Armstrong—walked on the moon. The President at that time said, "The planting of human feet upon the moon is the greatest event in human history." 

I mean no disrespect, but he was totally wrong. The greatest event in human history was not planting human feet upon the moon but when God came to a manger in Bethlehem and His feet were planted upon Earth. That's the greatest event. We call that the incarnation. 

What to do When You Don't Feel Thankful

What do you think is the hardest commandment in the Bible? It may be this:

“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” Ephesians 5:20.

The Poison of Pornography

Across our world, it’s as though a sewer pipe has broken open. And tragically we seem to be getting immune to it! What was horrible yesterday is acceptable today and a stepping-stone for something worse tomorrow. It ought to break our hearts.

Guard Your Heart

How does God intend for us to live? The book of Proverbs beautifully takes practical matters, interweaves the spiritual, and makes life the beautiful thing God wants it to be. When a person knows God and is right with God, they will find they live a perfectly natural, intensely practical, and deeply spiritual life all at the same time. That’s what God intends.

When Faith Is In The Fire

The noose is tightening. The war is getting hotter. If our Lord tarries, you're going to have to stand alone and teach your children to stand alone. They're going to face a world different from even the one we're living in.  And I pray God they’ll be ready for it.