Why Did God Allow This Tragedy?

Dreams

05/10/2018

What should you do when you have a troubling dream? Or an immoral dream? Or any dream that captivates your attention after waking? There are two kinds of dreams: 1) Prophetic dreams (dreams that are given as a direct message from God) 2) Non-prophetic dreams (dreams that are not a message from God) The vast majority of dreams are in the second category. Everyone dreams every night, but only a handful of isolated instances in Scripture describe dreams that were actual messages from God. In

No Batteries (How to Resist the Intense Pleasure of Sin)

02/07/2018

When a person is enslaved by some appetite of the flesh, especially sexual sin, and you tell that person that fellowship with God would be more satisfying, it’s very hard for that person to believe. The pleasure of sexual sin is so intense, it’s hard to imagine how a time of prayer or Scripture reading even be in the same ballpark of fulfillment. But the truth is, experiencing the presence of God really is more satisfying. Suppose there is a guy in your family who has some kind of

How to Break a Habit

12/27/2017

Well, it’s almost January 1, time for New Year’s resolutions. And it’s also pretty close to mid-January, which is the time when most resolutions have gone by the wayside. Not very many people have much success with resolutions. And that’s because they resolve to change, but they don’t make any actual plans for change. David Ramsey says, “Resolutions don’t work. Goals do.” That’s a good statement, but I would add, “goals and plans for how to reach those goals. That’s how you make progress.

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Why Did God Allow This Tragedy?

D. Richard Ferguson

Dreams

No Batteries (How to Resist the Intense Pleasure of Sin)

How to Break a Habit