Who Are You?
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We adjure you by the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches." Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus, I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.(Acts 19:13-16) We adjure you by the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches. The seven sons of Sceva sought to make merchandise by

Trading Your Life
Lay not up for yourself treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourself treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do no break through or steal. (Matthew 6:19-20) For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and shall lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?(Matthew 6:26) The Walt Disney classic children's reader Goofy-on the Hillside begins "There once was a simple fellow named Goofy who lived on the side of a hill. He was called Goofy-on-the Hillside." We are

Transitivity
The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians is, of course, famous: The Love Chapter. It is often used at weddings, and it stands as a beautiful description of what love is. “Love is patient, love is kind, etc.” But think of it in a slightly different light. Here are verses four through seven, in the New International Version:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.Scripture

Gold from God (Haggai 2:1-9)
Do you know Christians who always seem to be gloomy and depressed? Worse yet, are you such a Christian? Life can be pretty discouraging sometimes – especially for lawyers. We find ourselves under constant pressure and enormous demands. Our clients are never satisfied; our partners always want more; our subordinates seem to always let us down. You may feel that you could take care of your own responsibilities okay, but the people around you are not handling theirs. Practicing lawyers joke about how great life would be without clients messing everything up; law professors use the same line about life without students. Things can be tough at home, too. Your spouse a

All Things?
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:8)In everything give thanks, for this is the will of Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thess. 5:18) Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 5:20) Christianity stripped of the miraculous would be a pitiful thing. Yet it is easy to strip life of the miraculous by the unconscious assumption that God's hand works "out there" or only occasionally - we tend to dust off the doctrine of God's providence and use it when