A scoffer is someone who behaves with arrogance, haughtiness, and pride. (Prov. 21:24). They are simple and hate knowledge (Prov. 1:22). They injure, abuse, and hate ...

Ephesians 5:4, “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.” Paul’s command...

Stress is a dis-ease—the deprivation of ease; the reduction of comfort. The word stress is derived from distress. Someone is in distress when they experience hardships...

Americans have been confused about self-love since the nation began. The founding generation operated with the misguided Enlightenment notion that benevolence was ...

There are many reasons Christians might find themselves with a spirit of self-satisfaction—anytime God permits them to participate in a great achievement. This month ...

Do you remember when you were 13 or 14 years old and your friends started cussing? At first, it was like they were test driving a car. Not a new luxury vehicle, but a ...

Moral authority is unraveling in our society because the meaning of confession, fear, and habits are unraveling. The guilt you confess, the things you fear...

Hook-up culture is now a problem in the evangelical church, which has high rates of fornication. Men expect sex after two or three dates and too many women comply...

The power of hypocrisy is that it proves something to be false. But maybe not the thing you think. Veganism isn’t proven false by a vegan who has three exception...

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin has many villainous characters, chief among them Simon Legree. Another devilish character is Augustine St. Clare’s wife...

Pornography is looking at images as erotic stimulants. It is the attempt to arouse a sex instinct where it was previously dulled, or excite it where it was strong...