Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful.

Our brothers and sisters in Muslim countries can't celebrate Christmas-or any aspect of their faith-openly for fear of persecution and death. And yet we, with all our freedoms, often choose to make Christmas a celebration of commercialism!

If there is one single reason why good people turn evil, it is because they fail to recognize God’s ownership over their kingdom, their vocation, their resources, their abilities, and above all their lives.

Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?

God has a program of character development for each of us. He wants others to look at our lives and say, He walks with God, for he lives like Christ.

We must worship in truth. Worship is not just an emotional exercise but a response of the heart built on truth about God. "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth" (Psm. 145:18). Worship that is not based on God's Word is but an emotional encounter with oneself.

Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.