Pastor Stevens often taught that God uses trials to test and mature His children, while Satan seeks to use those same circumstances as temptations. The believer who responds to adversity with faith, rests in God’s character, and remains occupied with Christ gains spiritual maturity now and eternal reward in the...

I was thinking about love and became deeply impressed with this truth: our victory in the Christian life is found in love. Not merely love as an emotion, but love as God’s way of thinking. When truth and love govern the inner man, something powerful happens. The apostle Paul concludes...

It’s good to read about Jesus. It’s time well spent to look at the gospel stories and pay attention to what the Savior did and said during His days on earth. I am especially stirred right now by some things that we read in chapters 10 and 11 of Matthew....

His eyes are always filled with compassion (I guess after having ten children in one of the poorest places on earth you might learn a thing or two about compassion). His clothes are mismatched, old and worn, but he brings such dignity to them that they might as well be...