By David Faust If an exterminator discovers that your house has termites, do you want him to tell you about it? If your doctor discovers that you have cancer, do you want him to withhold the information in order to spare your feelings? If your car’s brakes are on the verge of failure, do […]
By David Faust We’re into convenience these days. Why work if someone else will do it for you? Why wait if you can have it now? Why push yourself to climb if you can take the escalator? (Comedian Mitch Hedberg observed, “An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs. You should never […]
By David Faust It’s one of Jesus’ most famous quotes, but many don’t realize he is the one who first said it. It’s one of the Lord’s beatitudes, but it doesn’t appear along with the rest of Jesus’ blessings in Matthew 5. The words came from Jesus’ lips, but they aren’t recorded in the […]
By David Faust Ancient Athens was a center of classic art and philosophy, but by the first century its people were bored, skeptical, and confused. Infatuated with fads, they “spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas” (Acts 17:21). Even in his pre-Christian days, the apostle Paul found […]
By David Faust Was the apostle Paul a tenor, a baritone, or a bass? The Bible doesn’t say, but we know that he and his friend Silas were singers. They preached the gospel in the Greek city of Philippi, baptizing the businesswoman Lydia and her family. However, after freeing a girl from enslavement by […]
