Author
Rick Higgins
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James has become a bestseller and because of its popularity a movie will be released for Valentine’s Day. The book’s popularity reveals our interest in sexuality but it falls far short of the true… Continue Reading →
“Although we grieve we do not grieve as those without hope. ” – the Apostle Paul The picture you see was taken in November 2014 as Matthew and I enjoyed a delicious meal at an Ethiopian restaurant in New York… Continue Reading →
What do you think may have been on Jesus’ mind the night before His crucifixion? No doubt He was thinking about the pain and agony that He would face as “the lamb of God who would take away the sin… Continue Reading →
If God is Good by Randy Alcorn presents a biblical approach to maintaining faith and hope in the midst of suffering and adversity. When people face adversity they often wonder, “If God is all good, then he would want to… Continue Reading →
What enables you to face challenges without becoming overwhelmed? Consider Jesus Christ the night before His crucifixion. Knowing the pain and anguish that He would face the next day, He patiently prepared His disciples for His forthcoming departure. Jesus was… Continue Reading →
Character takes time to develop. God took a forty year old somebody, spent forty years revealing that he was a nobody, and forty more years demonstrating what He can do with anybody. How does a microwave society with instant mashed potatoes and frozen TV dinners teach… Continue Reading →
As the Apostle Paul was addressing the Ephesian elders he reminded them of the words of Jesus in Acts 20:35, In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the… Continue Reading →
A primary reason why many of us feel that we need to earn God’s favor is because we do not have peace with God. The Apostle Paul declares in the book of Romans that you can have peace with… Continue Reading →
Our recent blog posts have been examining some of the reasons why we may not experience victory in our lives. We’ve looked at the danger of depending on ourselves and the problem of regarding our spiritual growth as a matter… Continue Reading →
My last blog post posed the question, “If the abundant life is God’s standard for me then why does victory seem so elusive? ” A major reason is that we live in the room of good intentions – we try… Continue Reading →
If the abundant life is God’s standard for me then why does victory seem so elusive? Why am I not experiencing joy and peace in my life but rather I find it so easy to yield to temptation. Although we face… Continue Reading →
Why are we prone to settle for less than God’s best? Perhaps we take our cue from the world rather than God’s word. As Robertson McQuilkin wisely observed, “Average is not necessarily normal.” Watchman Nee in his classic, The Normal Christian… Continue Reading →
Have you ever dreamed of doing twice the work in half the time? Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland seeks to address that question. The origin of Scrum comes from Rugby… Continue Reading →
My last blog post considered the price of obedience. If you are going to achieve your God given destiny then it will require that you pay the price. What if the price is greater than what you want to pay?… Continue Reading →
We understand the importance of obedience in our lives, but how do you respond when it’s hard to obey? There are times in my life when I know what I should do, but I prefer to go my own way… Continue Reading →
