Skip Heitzig is the senior pastor of Calvary Church in New Mexico and is the author of numerous books and publications. His radio and television broadcast, Connect with Skip Heitzig, is available throughout the United States and around the world.
In life, we can lose our way from time to time, and we wonder, “Am I going in the right direction? Will I end up at the right destination?” We feel like we’re drifting. We sense that something is missing. We want a do-over!
Someone once said, “Never preach to be understood. Preach so that it's impossible to be misunderstood.”
D.L. Moody, the famous evangelist from Chicago over a century ago, once quipped, “I have more trouble with D.L. Moody than with any other man I have ever met!”
We need, on a daily basis, to deal with our tendency toward apathy. But how do we do that? Let’s look at the life of Nehemiah and learn the five steps we should take to overcome apathy.
I pray that we would realize that the name, reputation and authority of God is so much grander and much more powerful than any Goliath.
Daniel’s choice began with an inward conviction. He met the isolation, re-education, intimidation, and renaming with a determination to remain faithful to his God, no matter what. The power to not conform to what the culture around us says is right is always an inside job.
It is common for people to question how a knowable truth can transcend time and place. After all, doesn’t every society and every individual have their own values and their own life experiences?
The Middle East has always been a hot spot. But I’ve been deeply concerned about what has been happening in Israel recently, as the ongoing conflict with the terrorist group Hamas has reached new levels of intensity.
The problem of anxiety is one Paul the apostle was well-acquainted with as he offered two of the most hopeful, anxiety-curbing verses in the Bible in his letter to the Philippians.
To some, the very thought of suggesting people gather together as a group is reprehensible. So why risk it? Even with a holiday as sacred as Easter, should believers gather in person?
