Few aspirants receive enshrinement into a hall of fame because the selection process is extremely rigorous, ensuring only the very best are chosen.

When we determine we have slipped spiritually, we need to get back up and continue overcoming rather than continuing to wallow in the muck of Babylon.

Faith is a gift which requires continual practice and exercise. God will grant us more faith if we faithfully use what He has already given us.

We can see a living example of determination by studying the life of one particular Paralympic athlete and learning some valuable lessons.

While earthly victories offer fleeting satisfaction, the apostle Paul reframes competitiveness as an essential virtue in the Christian walk.

Though Paul's spiritual credentials outstripped all of his coworkers, Paul used none of his rights as an apostle, but gave his life as a sacrifice.

Sanctification is the longest, most difficult, and most grueling part of the conversion process—a time when suffering and sacrifice are demanded of us.

Jumping the gun and going offside are infractions that have spiritual counterparts. We do not want to be guilty of moving before God does.

Michael Phelps' phenomenal success in the Olympics invites four parallels for our spiritual goals.

In our Christian walk, jumping the gun and going offside both translate into the same thing: doing the wrong work!

The Feasts of God are not vacations, but are holy convocations when God assembles His family for the purpose of enabling us to learn to fear and honor Him.

Christ endured many more than three temptations; rather, He was tested continuously, and perhaps the intensity increased as He neared the end of His life.

Paradoxically, when we yield to God's sovereignty, He wants to cede control over to us, teaching us to develop self-control as an ingrained habit.

What do we think when we hear a message about the coming Tribulation? Do sermons about prophecy make us uncomfortable?

We must willing to yield to God's shaping of us, willing to be corrected and changed as He sees fit. If we become self-satisfied, He cannot work with us.

The Gnostics criticized by Paul in Colossians 2:16-17 were guilty of bringing in ritualistic ascetic discipline to propitiate demons.

Without physical boundaries, basketball would degenerate into chaos; without moral boundaries, our culture is rapidly degenerating into chaos.

It is far easier to conform to the world than to Christ. We must yield to God to renew our minds, living in the spirit rather than in the flesh.