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Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else. — Galatians 6:4Are you ever tempted to look at ...

I’ve never tried to be known as the good kid or some kind of holy roller. Believe me, I am not Saint Scott. I’ve had the speeding ticket. During my ...

Again the high priest asked Him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at ...

I think that sometimes we Christians forget how special it is that we can have a relationship, a real, close, personal relationship with God.What stands out about the Christian life, ...

I can remember shortly after getting married, John Luke and I were talking and we both said, “Marriage is interesting because it’s like nothing changes, yet everything changes.” We are ...

I was thirteen, working on some homework at the kitchen table when the yellow crank-dial phone that hung on the wall rang. My mom was washing dishes at the time, ...

I sat in church and looked around at the other women smiling up at the pastor. It was Mother’s Day and he was speaking on the importance of our role ...

Editor’s Note: Today’s devotional is excerpted from A Jane Austen Devotional, beginning with this selection from Pride and Prejudice.* * *Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a ...

Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. — Matthew 5:41The phrase going the second mile has found its way into our modern vernacular. Its roots are ...

We each have an outer life and an inner one. My outer self is the public, visible me. My accomplishments, my work, and my reputation lie there. My outer world ...

Why do most people believe in some kind of life after death, even if they aren’t particularly religious or don’t think about it very much?God has put within each of ...

Do your kids ever see and hear you praying? Mind don’t. I do most of my praying when they’re not around or silently in my heart {Lord, give me strength!}. ...

He has brought down rulers from their thrones… [and] has sent the rich away empty. — Luke 1:52–53I grew up in the church, and at a young age, I came ...

Faith is believing what God says. Some people think faith is like taking a leap in the dark, that faith is blind.But the Bible says it’s the opposite. Away from ...

But Thomas said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in His hands… I will not believe.’ — John 20:25As Christians, we are all familiar with the ...

Editor’s Note: For those of us who aren’t familiar with Jewish traditions, Passover is an eight-day festival which is celebrated from the 15th to the 22nd of the Hebrew month ...