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Just as we sometimes see a strong and healthy person growing pale and wan, losing appetite and falling into sickness until he becomes a mere skeleton because a general sapping and undermining of the constitution has come upon him, so have I seen it with Christians. They do not lose life, but they do…

# Philippians 3:17–21 ## Opening So far in this chapter Paul has warned against the Judaizers, and any who would place their confidence in who they are, or what they have done and not the finished work of Christ alone. By way of rebuking this idea, Paul gives his own longs list of “fleshly” qualifications…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “People have a voracious appetite for a better way, and yesterday’s ‘wow’ quickly becomes today’s ‘ordinary.’” --Bezonomics, 100. Proverbs 11:23 (CSB) “The desire…

In China, a restaurant begin a promotion that was so successful that it put them out of business. They offered a month of “all you can eat,” as it turns out their customers had quite an appetite. Halfway into the promotion the restaurant was $100,000 in debt and had to close their doors. —Jim L. Wilson…

Eric Maddox, author and former Army Interrogation specialist who led the hunt of Saddam Hussein told an audience in Oakland, California that it was Saddam’s craving for a favorite fish dish that resulted in his capture. In a story reported by an Oakland, California newspaper, Maddox said he interrogated…

Researchers have discovered another interesting item about the way God designed human beings. Studies indicate that color may have an influence on the taste buds. In a specific study, scientists found that orange-colored cups make hot chocolate taste better. The researchers allowed participants to sample…

Broken cisterns are idols, God-substitutes. They are the spiritual hot dogs we ingest on the way to God’s banquet. They dull and eventually kill our appetite for the deep and nourishing richness of his holy fare. Like the Turkish delight the witch gives to Edmund in C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch,…

The disappointment and exhaustion of ecclesiastical exertions—of endless meetings and gatherings and committees and programs—can dull our appetite for God. Quietly, imperceptibly, we begin to expect less of him, and end up being satisfied with that. Perhaps at the beginning of our ministry we wondered,…

Well, you can really increase your desire for God in the same way you increase your hunger for “real” food. I remember my first encounter with weight watchers in my twenties. I had put on a little “wedding weight.” You know, you get married and in the first five years of marriage you gain about 20 pounds.…

Posted: 06/29/11 07:24 AM ET Several days ago, a historic vote in the state of New York, pushed aggressively by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, legalized the practice of same-sex marriage. Such an action was certainly a momentous decision for marriage equality rights in the LGBT community. The vote was not exactly…

More than anything, this world needs this Everlasting Father. I found this poem that really sums it up: There was a boy who never knew the love a father gives, raised by his mom in anger for the man who left his kids. The moment came in growing up, when gates were opened wide; and the boy, whose heart…

by Charles R. Swindoll Proverbs 10:11-21, 15:1-7; James 3:1-12 Abraham Lincoln's coffin was pried open twice. The first occasion was in 1887, twenty-two long years after his assassination. Why? You may be surprised to know it was not to determine if he had died of a bullet fired from John Wilkes Booth's…

John Nash was a genius but was plagued with schizophrenia. Near the end of the movie, when he found out that he was being considered as a candidate for the Nobel Prize, he said to man doing the interview, "I cannot yield to my appetites. Looking for hidden patterns, listening to the voices. They will…

Pediatrician David Cerqueira shares a story of how a dying girl showed his church the honor of serving God: One Sunday my wife had prepared a lesson on being useful. She taught the children that everyone can be useful—that usefulness is serving God, and that doing so is worthy of honor. The kids quietly…

The doctor said, “If you want to live, you must start eating.” These words were relayed to me by a man sick in the hospital with no appetite. “We are told that a bird can go nine days without food; a dog, 20 days; a turtle, 500 days; a snake 800 days; a fish, 1,000 days; and some insects, 12,000 days.…

5 Kinds of Christians Understanding the disparity of those who call themselves Christian in America. A new national survey co-sponsored by Leadership. Reported by Helen Lee Monday, October 1, 2007 Jennifer Hua identifies herself as a Christian. A 35-year-old former attorney studying Christian counseling…

A story is told of the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth-century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "fat." After a violent quarrel, Raynald's younger brother Edward led a successful revolt against him. Edward captured…

RECONCILIATION As we sat waiting for the traffic light's permission to proceed, my son once again asked when I would fix the training wheels on his bicycle. I turned to look at him, saying I would fix them when we got home. Then I added, "But they will be different than what you are used to." With that…

1. Feeding on the Word -- DAILY Nutrition A healthy baby has a healthy appetite. If you have truly been "born" of the Spirit of God, you will have a healthy appetite. The Bible says, "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby," (1 Peter 2:2). Feed yourself every day…

This is a story that happened about 700 years ago in Asia. Nasreddin Hoca had a donkey with a voracious appetite. He wondered if by gradually reducing the animals food every day it would not be possible to condition the animal to get along without any food at all. This interesting experiment was continued…

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED? KNOW A COLLEAGUE WHO MIGHT BE? HAVE A SPOUSE THAT IS? When was the last time you read Psalm 88? I'm telling you — there was a man who was really going through some rough water. I was interviewing a physician recently for a future edition of Pastor to Pastor. She is a delightful lady…

The Covenant Marriage How serious are marriage vows? If they are anything like an Old Testament covenant, they're very serious. Print this page Print this series Forward to a friend Articles within this series Overview God's Design for Marriage The Covenant Marriage The Power of Commitment Next Steps…

Charles Durham, a pastor from Kansas, begins his book Temptation: Help for Struggling Christians with an interesting illustration. Several hundred years ago on the island of Cape Hatteras, off the shore of North Carolina, there were men whose business it was to get ships to run aground on the shoals…

AUTHENTICITY After McGwire hit 70 home runs in a single season in 1998, collectors scrambled to purchase his 1985 Topps rookie card. Con men were also scrambling. Not to buy cards, but to produce forgeries to sell to the collectors. At $200.00 a card, con men were raking it in. The best of the fakes…

University of Minnesota - Over a lifetime, one out of five Americans will experience a major depression. You can be alerted to a problem with depression by considering the following statements: I feel consistently sad or numb nearly every day. I have little or no interest in activities that I used to…