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Know what’s more important than the Abortion Debate? The Monday, June 27, 2016, Supreme Court ruling related to abortion clinics, reminds us that there is something at stake that is much bigger than just the abortion issue. We are often faced with important ethical choices that can dramatically affect the rest of our lives. …
No Wonder We Have So Much Trouble Understanding Faith Bill Nichols, PhD. Ask ten people, “What exactly is faith?” You’ll probably get ten different answers. If you think about the many ways the word faith is used today, it’s no wonder people have so much trouble understanding what faith is. Mother Teresa’s sacrificial work helping impoverished…
Are you tired of having such a cluttered life? How can you escape the confusion, frustration, and weight of such a load without shirking your responsibilities? Your Heavenly Father has provided a way. It’s simple but not easy. He is challenging you to stop trying to find some secret hiding place or fantasy land where…
Don’t Miss Your Shot. When my son-in-law, Mike, took this photo he calls “Moon Over Tapatio,” he had only a few seconds to get the shot before the clouds moved in and he missed his opportunity. That’s the way it is with many important decisions in our lives. We see a chance to do something…
When I painted this beautiful sunrise in the Texas Hill Country, I thought, “It’s like a healthy faith in so many ways.” How does a sunrise remind you of your faith? Bill
Test 1 of 7 Signs of a Healthy Faith “Is your faith EVIDENCE-BASED, or is it based on wishful thinking?” Sarah broke her parents’ heart. When Sarah came home from college and told her parents she could no longer believe in God, she explained, “I wanted to believe but there was just no…
She no longer believed in God. A college sophomore said, “I had to give up my childhood faith because my studies convinced me that all this talk about faith is no more than emotional, wishful thinking.”After talking with her, I discovered her problem. She needed to give up her childhood faith because it…
Be careful. Your faith can infect or inspire. Even with the best of intentions, our faith can hurt others. In his Dynamics of Faith, Paul Tillich, the world-renowned, Christian philosopher, psychologist, and theologian, said, “Today the term ‘faith’ is more productive of disease than of health.” Have you noticed the word faith can mean almost…
Granddaddy had no running water Granddaddy Jerry Nichols and Mammy lived ten miles off the paved road on a farm in Virginia. They had no running water or electricity and got all their food from the animals they raised and the plants they grew. They used oil lanterns for light and carried buckets of…