A young friend recently wrote the following: Q.  I was just reading todays meditation, what do you mean by going through the refiners fire, and how do you do that? A.  The process is one of purification of precious metal by:   fire.  It has to do with the removal of impurities which would make the [...]

Historically, many people have used their artistic skills to glorify God.  WisdomGear.com has been developing a range of art prints which combine the wisdom from God’s Word with images which are intended to inspire, encourage and uplift. A little background:  the child’s hand belongs to my son.  The adult hand,  weathered, worn and (well) bandaged [...]

I shall never forget the day when I came so close to being united with my dear Lord Jesus. It was the tenth day of August in the year of 1992, and I was sixty three years old. It all started a month earlier one night just after finishing dinner. I suddenly felt a burning [...]

Donnie Stewart is the founding pastor of New Wine Church on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.  In 2007, I had the privilege of sharing some thoughts with his congregation about his ministry.  The following are the notes used for that message. Romans 13:7 (Give honor to whom honor is due) Much is said about [...]

I’ve probably been a Christian for about 13 years; I give a ball-park figure because I can’t remember a blinding light Paul style conversion. I remember though when I was seven or eight having the opportunity in a Sunday school lesson to pray and ask Jesus into my life silently to myself. Before that I [...]

Most people don’t like to go without a meal for over four hours. Forty hours? That’s ridiculous. Four days is an eternity. How about forty days without food? Could you do it? Oh, and what if you were almost 80 years old?

The history of revival and the spread of the Gospel of Christ are filled with numerous stories of relatively unknown pioneers. This is the story of how one family left everything to travel to a small island at the direct leading of the Holy Spirit and how God moved upon the people of that community [...]

Is Psalm 23 a hotbed of heresy? If you look closely enough, you can find heresy anywhere. I enjoyed this and thought I would pass it along.

How to Pray: The Top Twelve Ways People Talk to Mikey G. This skit, entitled “The Top Twelve Ways People Talk to Mikey G.” is a good example of how to pray. How do YOU talk to Mikey G?  Wait!  Who’s Mikey G?  Watch the quicktime movie to find out. You might learn just a [...]

Sarah S. from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland loves Jesus. In her own words, she puts it this way, “There are hundreds of people in the world who are willing to die for what they believe in, whether it is their faith, their ideas, an idol, a loved one, or even a possession. I want to [...]