The fact that God has handpicked us from the billions that live on the earth should give us a quiet confidence that God is providentially caring for us.

We must not allow ideological differences to overshadow our shared faith, far greater than the lesser issues which currently divide us.

We cannot allow our troubled hearts to lead us away from God and His purpose for us. Two vital elements will deliver us from destructive fear and unbelief.

God can restore order without us, but He wants to share the project with us, enabling us to become little oases of God's order during unbelievable chaos.

God's people should not allow their hearts to be troubled, thereby permitting a cringing cowardice to destroy them. Leaven is an apt metaphor to describe fear.

Like people of Micah's time, our people also have serious trust issues, even between close friends and family members.

We need to keep our eyes open and not let ourselves be deceived by the professional, state-run media spin masters.

Jesus cautioned His disciples not to have any destructive fear. The worst fear of all is that which would cause us to deny Christ—namely, the fear of man.

Even before COVID-19, Americans were gripped by anxiety, fear, and depression, pointing to an unrecognized but quickly spreading mental health pandemic.

It is far more important for God's called-out ones to be ready than to know the time of Christ's return, an event to which even He is not privy.

Distractions produce a movement toward randomness and confusion, seriously endangering one's calling. We must sharpen our focus on God and His purpose.

The key to overcoming the fear of loss of control is to admit that God is in control. If we have our priorities straight, God will take care of our anxieties.

When the children of light judge and condemn those living in this world, they become the world and move away from God.

The Loch Ness monster can represent any knowledge: In the uncertainty, what is adamantly held by some to be true may be rejected by others as preposterous.

The world has little or no idea what true peace is or how it is achieved. Yet we can produce godly peace even in the midst of turmoil—and we must.

The church must forcefully deal with the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness or it too will succumb to the terrifying vortex of despair.

Trials are a means to produce spiritual growth, unless we resort to super-righteousness, straining to please God by exalting our works.

Fear of any kind is never an excuse to break any of God's laws. God wants us to learn the principle of reciprocity- that what we sow we will also reap.

Solomon counsels us to exercise diligence, work hard, plan for disruptions, obstacles, and roadblocks, spreading risk to work within this futile world.

Although some try to make their lives easier by compromising, Solomon warns that all evil leads to death, and that doing evil in any circumstance is insane.