Psalm 26:2

“Prove me, O LORD, and try me;
test my heart and my mind.”

Harry Houdini, among his many other amazing feats, included in his act the opportunity for a strong man from the audience to punch him in the stomach as…

Matthew 24:23-24

Then if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray,…

Deuteronomy 4:30

When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice.

C.S. Lewis said, “Virtue, even attempted virtue, brings light.  Indulgence brings fog.” …

Psalm 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
thou anointest my head with oil,
my cup overflows.

Most people don’t think of horror as a genre of literature or film that is particularly agreeable to Christian sensibilities. However, two…

Psalm 100:3

Know that the LORD is God!

Much of what passes for art today is junk. What we see on television or at the movies or in pop music is increasingly about “pushing the outside of the envelope.” That is, it is…

Exodus 15:13

Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed,
thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode.

Paul tells us that the things written in the Old Testament were written for the benefit of…

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.

The great…

Lamentations 3:25-26

The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

Seeking God is an essential part of finding him.  Waiting for God is…

Psalm 103:11-12

For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

God, said the medieval theologians,…

Psalm 20:7

Some boast of chariots, and some of horses;
but we boast of the name of the LORD our God.

Not much has changed.  Ancients boasted of chariots, we boast of cars.  Ancients boasted of horses, we boast of horsepower.  But chariots,…