Consider for a moment a world without guile, each individual always communicating honestly and truthfully! What a vast sifter out and destroyer of evil and discord this would be! We read in Zechariah, "Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates," Zech.
Christ Jesus once said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
When driving at a good speed around a turn in the road, have you ever felt a strong force pushing you to one side, maybe overturning a bag of groceries in the back seat?
Louis Cassels, a writer on religion, says in a recent article that the possibility of encountering God as a reality here and now is putting new life into the church "at the very moment it seems most in danger of dying.
Sometimes it is hard to understand parents who get upset at the length of their son's hair or the unconventional appearance of their daughter's boyfriend.