Study this Book of Instruction continually.  Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it.  Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. - Joshua 1:8 (NLT) I can think of a lot of rich, famous, successful men today who became that way without reading the Bible or living according to what it says:  businessmen, celebrities, musicians, artists, politicians, etc. So how could God say to Joshua, "Only then will you prosper and succeed...?"  How can it be that so many people have become successful without faith in God? And aren't there a lot of faithful Christians who read their Bibles and pray every day and live a godly life but don't have much money or fame?  What about all those pastors who study and pray and serve in little churches day and night yet still struggle to make ends meet?  Why aren't they more successful? Just What Is Success? God's ways are different from ours, and He sees things differently than we do.  We set goal… [more]

Recently, I googled the question, "How's your walk?" and was surprised and discouraged at what came up in the search results.  The web article in the #1 spot was written by a former evangelical Christian - a "preacher's kid" - who apparently hates the question, ridicules people who ask the question, and insists that it's an innappropriate question to ask in the first place...something akin to asking, "How's sex with your wife?" The author then went on to explain that Christians who ask you this question are basically fakes and aren't truly interested in your response.  They don't want to hear anything but a quick, positive response, and they likely consider themselves to be superior and more spiritual than you. As I read, I was shaking my head in disbelief, and I wondered why this blogger was so bitter and so cynical towards evangelical Christians. And then I read the comments. Walking Vs. Sleepwalking There were a lot of comments, and most of the commentors on that post complet… [more]