“Let your gentle spirit be known to all men…” Philippians 4:5   More people are becoming hostile and confrontational these days. Consequently, psychologists have flooded bookstores and the internet with advice on how to talk with angry people. But we need to be careful that the advice we follow doesn’t[...]

“With [the tongue] we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;  from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.” James 3:9-10   The Bible has a lot to say about what[...]

“My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” John 15:8   What God expects of us, as believers, boils down to two words—bear fruit. In the life of a Christian, fruit is how we outwardly express what God is doing inwardly. The more[...]