In Mathew 6 Jesus tells us to store up treasure…in heaven, and not on earth. This is the basis for the treasure principle: “You can’t take it with you, but you can send it on ahead.” Discover the secret of joyful giving by learning what Jesus has to say on the topic of money and the giving of your resources, including your…

So who are all those people in the book of Acts? What’s so significant about that place? Why did that statement make those people so mad? If you’ve ever hadd questions like these as you read through the story of the Early Church in Acts, Paul Maier’s book, First Christians, is for you. The explosion of Christianity across the Mediterranean world was…

Are you absolutely sure about your salvation? The most dreaded words anyone will hear will be those from the lips of Christ: “I never knew you; Depart from Me” (Matt 7:23). Jesus said that there will be many who stand before Him assuming their entrance to heaven is secure, only to find out they were never truly saved. While you can be…

Discipline is essential for every area of life whether sports, music, writing, or the arts. But nowhere is personal discipline more important than the Christian life. As believers, we are instructed to “discipline ourselves for the purpose of godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7) and to “work out our salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). A lazy Christian cannot be a mature Christian;…