“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.—James 2:23 (NIV) God wants to be your best friend, but it can be hard to figure out how that actually works. It’s not like we can shop for clothes together or ride bikes around the neighborhood. So how …
Truth Pursuer
“The nations will put their hope in His name.”—Matthew 12:21 If you took one second to pray for each person in the United States by name, it would take 10 years (without stopping . . . ever) to finish that prayer. Thankfully, that’s not what we mean by praying for your country. A good way …
(Continued from the October 2012 issue of Clubhouse magazine.) By now, you know that resisting temptation is harder than just saying no to fresh-baked cookies. (Although that particular temptation never goes away.) Maybe there’s a TV show you’re not supposed to watch, or you feel tempted to use bad words around some of your friends. …
What do you picture when you think of Jesus’ 12 disciples? Old men with gray beards? You probably don’t imagine a bunch of scruffy, pimply teenagers. Yet some scholars believe that when Jesus called His disciples, many of them were no more than teenagers. The Jewish culture believed in educating children as young as 5 …
The word worship has more than one meaning. Devoted fans boldly worship a sports star or a movie hero. Kids at school may hungrily worship popularity or good grades. The children of Israel were commanded to only worship the One True God. The fact is, God designed worship as a core part of every human …