Tag Archives: temptation

I remember the popular tune from my childhood. I can still hum that melody in my mind that played on the radio so often, though I didn’t understand its meaning:“Oh, No One Knows What Goes On Behind Closed Doors…”. Charlie Rich sang this popular song, included on his 1973 album ...

It’s amazing to think that Jesus Himself is interceding for us (Heb. 7:25, Rom. 8:34, 1 John 2:1). Did you know that there’s a prayer He wants us to pray for ourselves? In Matthew 6 Jesus instructed His followers to pray this way: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed ...

The first time I heard about living in the half-light was while reading a book about what it really means to be a man. The moment I read it, I felt a little sick. That’s because I thought it might be me. Into 2010, author Wes Yoder published a book ...

The story goes that an unwelcome visitor found central Illinois in the 1840’s in the form of cholera, one of the most deadly diseases of the time. It traveled on the ferry, arriving inside one very sick man. The  epidemic that ensued started with another man’s curiosity.   He knew ...

With movie titles such as “The Forty-Year Old Virgin” and numerous T.V. episodes focused upon losing your virginity, or even the slightest implication that being a virgin after high school is deemed as weak and making you less of a man are all distorted perspectives of what it truly means ...