A "New" Approach to Life! Distinguishing the wisdom of Scripture from intellectual knowledge, natural inclinations or humanism...

Strongholds of Bitterness Understanding Why God Allows Conflict Tracing Abnormal Social Developments Avoiding Four Types of Suicide...

The Principle of Authority

If God's Word is the final authority, how would His principles actually affect our management of money?

As Americans we tend to sidestep the fact that "clutter" is more than a personal inconvenience or an eye sore. In this humorous talk by Kay...

Second only to Jesus Christ, we find more written in the Bible about David than we do about any other person.

The Principle of Responsibility

The Principle of Ownership

I have seen more people ruined by success than failure, states Ron Dunn. The longer we live, the more we understand how a weakness, trial...

Throughout high school, college, and in law school, David Gibbs was always on the winning side of the debate competition at the national...

Truth and Its Actual Effects upon Personal Living, Family and Society

If you were given knowledge, riches, happiness or honor without wisdom what good would it actually do? David Gibbs challenges us to seek...

To deny God's existence takes a lot of indoctrination! To prove it, on the other hand, takes only an eye to see and a mind to think.

God has blessed Jim Bob and Michelle with a stellar combination of honesty and graciousness. This testimony of theirs opened the annual...

In our day and age, almost anything can be disguised with a promise of success. We would therefore be wise to examine the slogans we hear...

“We experience as much victory in Christ as He is experiencing in us!” Full surrender. Full submission.

What Today's Youth Can Do to Conquer Goliath and His Brothers Taming the tongue Identifying and conquering pride Avoiding hypocrisy...

Each of us, as well as each of our children, have a part to play in the body of Christ and we can't fulfill that role by being like anyone...

Spiritual Gifts: Specific Characteristics, Misuses, Examples and Instructions

"When I became a man, I put away childish things." Entering adulthood is certainly a time of change. We pray for our teenagers and give...

It is easy enough to trust God when His presence and blessing are evident, but what is a Christian to do if God Himself feels distant? What...

Whether it is our father and mother, civil leaders or others in positions of leadership, these are the authorities God has appointed...

Steps to Maturity Through the Eight Calllings of II Peter 1

Once upon a time there was a hard-working dairy farmer, called from the family farm to take on the pastorate at a small church in a very un...

Jenny Speed recounts her personal struggles with her own “prodigal” son and how God taught her to train a child’s heart and not just his...

How to Grow in Your Spiritual Walk (Part 3)

Why do we need to define worship? We all know the answer: With time we tend to change our focus, even without knowing it, from Christ to...

How do you feel about the work you have to do? The leftover jobs that seem relegated to you? The menial or mundane? Assuming the...

In pursuit of the victorious Christian life, we may ask God why He is not giving us His grace and power. Yet what would we find if we...

There are big decisions, there are small decisions, but there aren’t any insignificant decisions. Combined with the sovereignty of God, our...

If it was a proud thing before to think of myself highly when God said I in fact was a sinner, how much more is it false humility now,...

What does it mean to train up a child "in the way he should go"? What keeps a son or daughter from departing from the ways of righteousness...

Where does a girl's relationship with the Lord begin and end? It begins with salvation! And it will not end for eternity! So why not...

When Gil Bates humbled himself and started to see himself the way his wife and children did, he knew a little change was in order.

If there’s something in your life that is not of God, He will cause it to be shaken. This is what happened to Becky – a girl who grew up as...

Many of today's Christian parents were saved midway through life. As they raise up their children (and especially their daughters) in the...

Did the Lord ever make anyone without value? What would life be like if I decided to find that value in people? What would my relationships...

"But He giveth more grace"! Drawing from the enthusiasm of James, Peter and Paul, Tom Harmon delivers a fresh reminder of exactly where...

Many of today's Christian parents were saved midway through life. As they raise up their children (and especially their teenagers) in the...

Mike Walsh found his “complement” in his wife, Connie. Newlyweds for only seven months in 1980, they attended a Basic Seminar. With hearts...

This fun whiteboard drawing takes you through the life cycle of a caterpillar giving a great comparison to our growth in the Christian life...

Many secrets of the animal kingdom remain a secret! Yet “our Lord has created these incredible creatures that all point to Him as the...

God designs each wife to be the counterpart to their one and only, perfect, complete, complementary. But what do we actually do, with sheer...

Prepare for a new relationship-centered understanding of Matthew Chapter 18: an insightful application by Chris Hogan about all that is...

Enough time has gone by that we ought to know what things do and do not pass the test of transferral to sons and daughters, grandsons and...

Do you and your spouse communicate most often through monologue, dialogue, or “duel-logue”?!?  Couples must be able to talk things through...

The need for loving communication doesn't disappear when we go on vacation. The setting was beautiful: Puerto Rico in April, but in the...

We have come to Christ in salvation. We have answered the call of service in His Church. And we are the ones to be sifted? By Satan?

A common question among young people is: "Do we obey our parents only when what they say is in Scripture?

Have you ever thought that Lot may have left Abraham because of the failures that he had seen in Abraham's personal life? For sons and...

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God ... humbled Himself ...." Is this mind in you? For...

Blind spots: as Jim Sammons frankly confesses, we all have them, yet we cannot see them—and left unchecked they may very well bring sorrow...

Unity is something God gives. Rather than feeling the pressure to agree it's amazing what can happen when two separate entities look to God...

People. Positions. Possessions. These things could never do for us what God can do for us. When we expect from them lasting happiness,...

Immigration, terrorism, and anarchy. It seems these three issues would give any human being an excuse to feel like a victim. Yet are we...

This powerful message by the Speeds examines openness and brokenness. Paul shares his testimony of coming to freedom and explains the...

Have I frankly considered the high costs of anger? It is an expensive thing, as can be seen from references throughout Scripture as well as...

It makes a difference. A family-wide difference. God's design in birth order becomes a natural problem solver when acknowledged and...

Once the Gospel begins to bear it's fruit in our lives, God's work is not over. His Holy Spirit continues that work. My sin nature must be...

Showing reverence to our husband does include having a useful process of appeal. Mrs. Walsh likens this to the role of radar, detecting the...

A cowboy? A basketball player? A vet? A missionary? An ordinary person? The runt of the family? Maybe just a "little kid"? What if you are...

Christopher Sirard is an anesthesiologist. He and his wife Courtney have seven children. Many people think that, as a doctor, Christopher...

The desire for our children to have their own walk with the Lord is the desire of many Christian parents. Public worship too is good but to...

If habits are hard to break and grow stronger with time, why not form some good ones! Surprise! Habits do not have to be bad habits. Good...

Katie Holdeman was raised in a Christian family and served on the mission field with her parents for several years. During her teen years,...

With the need we have today for unity in the church and harmony in the family, you would conclude that sermons on reconciliation would...

Ever tried loving your wife? Others? Well, you can stop now. Enter the joy of learning how to replace your love with Christ's love, deeper...

It seemed like a lose-lose situation. If Connie tried to gloss over Mike's shortcomings, as she did for the first few years of their...

Many young men and women wonder how they will find the best vocation and the right life partner. They seek God for His will and His timing...

Even as Christians, if our eyes are on the circumstances and people around us we are sure to find something to complain about. Our tendency...

In Otto Koning's Pineapple Story series, he introduced his two arch enemies, Soho and Ketoho, in "The Weapon of Love." In His sovereignty,...

This thought-provoking message by Jerry Benjamin, the second in a series, once again prompts a person to ask what his motives are for the...

The Bible, especially the New Testament, often refers to mysteries. For any cognizant person this ought to spark interest! What is the...

God has given us many things with which to wage "a good warfare" against worry and self-pity. Consider the needs you could meet in others'...

"Blessed assurance." "Heavenly peace." "Divinest comfort." Do you have these things present in your life? As a blind girl, Francis Jane...

We have heard many messages about being under authority, but what about being in authority? What is it Christ used His authority to do?...

"He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own; and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known."...

God can turn around a worst case scenario for good. In Larry Guthrie's situation, it certainly seemed no good could come from the mistake...

The centurion in Jesus' day identified the value of the principle of authority and the rewards of seeing it at work in his own life. How...

Relationships do not need to be broken over every issue. Offenses (or just plain differences) should challenge both parties to desire the...

Have you ever wished you could avoid some things? Especially as a home school mom or dad?

In the end every Christian in Christianity will face the test that Christ Himself gives. Thankfully this test, the day of judgment, is an...

Often music's dynamics and how it plays upon our hearts and lives can be difficult to describe. A different vocabulary is needed, and even...

Another title for this message could well be "The Mystery of the Messy Room." Who wants to admit to having a messy room? Why not close the...

How does Jesus remind you of His everlasting love? It could be just waking up in the morning! Or, maybe it's a pink sunset, like it is for...

Walls in relationships are tough, especially in the family. When you sense the enemy driving a wedge between you and another, what can you...

God is a Father. His desire is to protect us from all evil. What's more, He is able. "The Lord will deliver me from every evil work ..." (...

It is difficult for the free world to understand that Satan can convince entire people groups to embrace a "religion" with moral codes,...

Every once in a while it is a good thing to ask simply "What defines a nation?", "Why do we have the form of government we do?" or, perhaps...

Many Basic Seminar alumni whose marriages and families were restored at a Basic Seminar have wanted to come back and share the answers they...

Christopher Sirard, an anesthesiologist, lives with his wife and seven children in California. Christopher acknowledges that growing in...

Gopher wood was quite an unusual species among all the other types of wood furnished by the trees of the world. Hear an interesting sermon...

What do you do if you have a colt that only wants to play and eat chocolate? That colt isn’t worth much to you or anyone else! In this...

Perfection is something we all strive for to some extent, whether it be in our work ethic, family life, or the hobbies we enjoy. However,...

Sometimes it is difficult to convey truth to others in a way that will impact their lives. Often, it seems that the messages are heard but...

Teasing, sarcasm, poking, and provoking do not win children's hearts. Yet this wrong side of humor persists in families. Tim Levendusky...

Gil Bates brings home a paradoxical proverb written directly to men: Proverbs 16:32. In this verse, Almighty God warns men that there is...

God has put in the hearts of men to be noble instead of normal. Rather than withdrawing, we are called to be involved in the battles of the...

Christ sent His disciples “as sheep in the midst of wolves” and then told them: “be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”...

"Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep" (Romans 12:15). When do I normally rejoice? What does that show about me?

This testimony is about a tremendous breakthrough Mr. Wilkes experienced while training his sons. The breakthrough changed his focus during...

Your sons (and your daughters!) are watching. Do they see in your marriage a picture of Christ and His Bride, the Church? Mark Wilkes...

"Repairing the breach" is a man's job. It takes long-range commitment. But more than that, raising up the foundations of godly generations...

The tug of temptation can be very powerful indeed. After all, any temptation can be excused in one way or another—even subconsciously...

Think about it. Capitalism and compassion have worked together pretty well in our country. Weigh the facts for yourself as Darren Myers...

Leadership from the Lord's perspective is certainly different than leadership from a humanistic perspective. As a young person, why not ask...

As a boy, Keith Daniel assumed he was a Christian. His brother, father, and mother assumed they were Christians, too. Their family was good...

Confidence. This word doesn't often seem synonymous with parenting, but can it be? Peter Magnuson, using the first chapter of Philippians...