How to Grow in Your Spiritual Walk (Part 1)

Steps to Apostasy

Christians everywhere are living in defeat. What are we missing?

The Principle of Freedom

How to Grow in Your Spiritual Walk (Part 2)

How to Overcome Temptation

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

To ponder marriage is to address the second most important decision in all of life. Before and after the holy union commenced at the altar...

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

Two choices will have the greatest impact on your life. The first is your response to the Gospel. The second is your decision in whom you...

Living rightly in a world of temptation requires nothing less than constant vigilance. Sometimes sin will look safe. What then? What is the...

Is it possible to have pure thoughts all the time? Why are impure thoughts such a struggle? So many today feel trapped in habits and...

This dramatized presentation of the book, The Eagle Story, tells how even the monarch of the skies can eventually be brought into bondage...

Even well trained Christian young people who know the dangers of the boyfriend girlfriend game can still give away their hearts without...

Music wields universal influence over families, churches, and cultures around the world. And no wonder. For God, Himself is musical by...

What kinds of things do we trust a good father to do for us? It's a lot once you think about it! So if God is our Father and if He is good...

In this insightful message discover how to identify and tear down even the most well-disguised stronghold by tracing it to the lie on which...

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...

Obstacles and distractions have a way of making us either bitter or better. Whatever happens we can trust that God's sovereign purpose will...

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...

Jim Logan gives a wakeup call regarding the multitude of hidden iniquities that occur regularly among children and youth in Christian homes...

In this continuation of “How Sin is Overcome—Romans 6,” Jamie Lash focuses on the war of intelligence being waged between the lies of the...

Have you ever wondered what the steps are between being a normal Christian and being greatly used by the Lord? This inspiring message...

How to Grow in Your Spiritual Walk (Part 3)

“We're not a perfect family” is no excuse for intentionally allowing distractions into our lives and the lives of those in our family! Jim...

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.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar recognize God’s grace to them through the high school years. They share some of the many things He taught them...

Another straightforward how-to message from a husband that is still learning and growing in his own marriage.

The world may be waging a fierce battle for the minds and hearts of the next generation. Yet God's purity and power are greater. We can be...

It is possible to maintain moral purity. For every ploy the enemy uses to draw us away there are equal or greater ways of escape. Jim...

Temptation is a whole lot less of a threat when its whole process is broken down into parts and identified in its early stages. And who...

Let's take a look at the Lord's prayer. After all it is the Lord's prayer. It reveals His heart as Savior and Lord. As Savior, He chose to...

Could it be that our problems are the answers to our prayers?

David Waller used to be single. Priscilla, too, of course. Now the two are happily married - to each other! So, what exactly did God use in...

It's amazing how many times something we believe about ourselves is actually a lie from the enemy. Discovering this simple truth and...

Search me, O God. Search me, O God! This is a cry of the heart that God will hear! This is the cure for wandering eyes and thoughts. This...

When Paul and Jenny Speed first gave their testimony of what the Lord had done for them during a Family Conference in Nashville, Tennessee...

Handling an accusation is one thing. Handling your husband's is another. And when more people--possibly the very people to whom you have...

... Or not! Mike Schadt was saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. And when that happened he was born again! All things, ALL things became new.

We've all heard the exhortation to "Be careful!" Being careful protects those under us. And taking the time to care and connect 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?

Life can be a whirlwind for sure! Pausing between whirlwind Family Connections trips himself, David Waller reviews both the motivations...

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

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...

By intentionally loosening the definitions of a few Biblical terms, we as young people can allow lots of room for the little things that...

As a Christian, have you become accustomed to being on defense? With all we have to offer people, it's amazing that we hesitate as often as...

How do you turn straying thoughts into a deeper experience of the freedom of Christ? Jim Sammons, like a battle hardened soldier, brings to...

We grow up. Life speeds up. Our focus gradually gravitates to the pressing needs of the present! How refreshing it is to be reminded that...

What are the seven habits of a successful person? What are the five types of workers in the workplace? Why do we do things we know are...

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...

Married life is a new life, right? Well ... that depends. True love is truthful: truthful about the past--as well as your spouse's (or...

Christ is the disciple maker. We know because He has saved and discipled us! Discipling others, then, is bringing others to Him for...

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...

"The Lord was not in the wind" ... "The Lord was not in the earthquake" ... "The Lord was not in the fire." Yet His still small voice was...

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

“One of the main drives in my life was reality…reality at all costs.” Listen to Ross share his testimony of how God brought him to the...

When Keith Daniel accepted Christ at the age of twenty, his life was completely transformed. At the time of his conversion, the elderly,...

It is difficult to find a family that is happy: family members that make it a point to learn to grow together and to enjoy one another's...

Since the days of Paul, Christians worldwide have been encouraged—strongly encouraged

It doesn't take very much to spark a fear. It could be something life-threatening like cancer. But usually not. How good are you at...

The truth is the truth. You and your audience will always be better off when your message is founded on the truth. Your audience will also...

What do alligators, snakes, archerfish, and cougars have in common? They are all predators! Using their sharp senses, each of these...

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'...

The one-on-one relationships we hope for might not be as far away as we think they are. Friendships like that though always take time to...

As humans we are tempted, often, to use any number of reasons to believe that God is not good. What could be farther from the truth?...

Dean Miller wants you to ace it in life's journey through this wicked world. His message tells about a young man who came from a troubled...

What family was more amazing than the Bates family? Than Noah's family? Abraham's? Isaac's? Jacob's? Find what Mr.

What keeps Christians from fulfilling the plans God has for them? Paul and Jenny Speed share three of the toughest hindrances that tend to...

As much as I may want God's truth in my life, I may not be able to live it out. Why? Could it be I haven't gotten to the root of a lie I've...

In the second chapter of Revelation, Jesus Christ lovingly exhorts the hard-working Christians of Ephesus to return to their first Love. In...

Once again Mrs. Hendry showcases the rich array of  reading options we have for our children. Great historical heroes and heroines of the...

Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Creation, sin, repentance, Hell and Heaven each make sense in the light of God's...

Dr. Larry Guthrie and his family loved outdoor activities. For Larry, this included most everything except running a race.

In October 2017, Ron Hamilton presented a special sing-along session at Family Camp accompanied by his son-in-law and daughter, the Morgans...

Our sons and daughters can be protected from severe and unnecessary problems. That's because prayer isn't just for adults. When the...

Another session for young women, this message begins with the concept that our body is a temple for God's Holy Spirit. Building on that...

Life is different with a continual awareness of God. "Do I acknowledge Him in all my ways?" Through a lifetime of constant reflection on...

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

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 ..." (...

If Noah could have a family working for God, worshiping God, and walking with God, then you can have a family working for God, worshiping...

Mike and Connie Walsh admit they didn’t understand oneness in marriage until dealing with moral freedom. Consistent moral freedom is...

Many voices vie for a man's attention. Sifting through them is a skill. What we tune out and what we pay attention to reveals our heart....

During one of the student sessions earlier in the Family Conference, Gil Bates asked the students for their most pressing questions.

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

Pastor Joe Norvell guides young believers in evaluating what may cause them to sell out to the world rather than being completely sold out...

God's love isn't blind. In the marriage relationship especially, Christlike love seeks to know the truth, whether facts be favorable or...

This is a message on God's timeless forgiveness. Everyone in God's school, even after being born again, knows the feeling of failure. But...

There's something special about doing what you know is right, faithfully. Distractions and temptations abound, to be sure, and yet the...

Life, at times, overwhelms us as young ladies. Our reaction is to forget God and bolt like a runaway colt! However, our loving heavenly...

This message is Jerry Benjamin’s third in a series. With his usual fervor, Benjamin prompts us as human beings to ask, “Why would we ever...

If a society becomes confused, there is a reason. If the definition of right and wrong is not clear, what can be?

Sometimes we would rather seek God’s will than draw close to God Himself. God’s desire is for us to be right with Him and others and...

God loves you. He wants to walk with you and share in the conversations you have with yourself throughout the day!

Have you been on a search for genuine love, true joy, and peace? In this third session Jerry Benjamin poses the question of whether the...

Nearly 75 minutes of straight commentary on exactly what Scripture says about itself. Much can be said about Bible reading being a...

The Temple was the Lord's house. You would think the house of God would have always been impeccably clean, right? Wrong! Like King Josiah,...

What is real evangelism? What does it look like when a Christian has a vision to really win souls? And what does a real convert look like?...

Do you find yourself always thinking negative thoughts about someone? Your mother maybe, or your daughter? Are there some things you wish...

From his experience teaching ethics in the navy, Steve Scheibner has shocking evidence for the moral shift that is taking place among young...

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

Many and varied motives undergird the mission objectives of today's organizations, including Christian corporations, small businesses, and...

Fathers: What draws your attention when the work day is over? A messy house? A broken stove? A disobedient child? An online temptation? Don...

Do you remember how you felt when you first became a father? Keith Daniel brings back that fresh sense of fatherhood's responsibility and...

As Director of the ALERT program for young men, Marv Behr is especially qualified to speak at a Father-Son Conference! Young men from...