Chatter: Do you hear it? It’s all around.  People talking about this, voicing their opinions about that. It’s omnipresent in so many ways.  From podcasts to political pundits, we are inundated with the sound of meaningless, trivial, non-relenting noise.  What seems like mass, chaotic clamor coming from a thousand different directions, however, is actually the culmination of a much-greater and sinister ploy.

With so many voices jockeying for our attention, we have insulated ourselves within the racketing walls of nothingness.  We hear much, but the heart is deaf.  This is the strategy of our enemy.  He has so manipulated

“We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once again.” G. Campbell Morgan

“The story of revivals throughout the ages has been the story of lone men meeting God, of going out and finding God all alone. Sometimes they went down to the church basement, sometimes to the caves, sometimes out under trees, sometimes by haystacks, but they went alone to meet God, and then the revival went out from there.”  A.W. Tozer

“If we ever impress unsaved men with a wholesome …

Years ago, a neighbor’s grandson entered into our home unannounced and uninvited.  Seeing him for the first time, we were alarmed by the grand entrance.  Little did we know that our children had befriended him and gladly offered him a refreshment from our kitchen.  When we investigated the matter, the “intruder” suddenly became a guest, then a neighbor, and finally a friend.  His boldness to enter was made possible by the invitation of my sons.

The Blood Secures Our Boldness

What grand privilege we have obtained in the offer and the offering of the Son of God.  Christ’s death on …

Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov famously introduced classical conditioning to the world through the salivation of his dog.  His research showed that certain behaviors could be controlled and dictated through certain provocations.  Anytime he would introduce his dog to a particular stimulus, be it a bell or a drum beat, he would give the canine some food.  Over a period of time, the dog began to associate the bell and the beat with the food that his master gave him.  Eventually, through the conditioning process, the dog would salivate just by the ringing of the bell or the beating of the …

“Beware of the man who won’t be bothered with details.”  -William Feather, Sr.

“How few there are Who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”  -Benjamin Franklin

“Thousands of engineers can design bridges calculate strains and stresses and draw specifications for machines, but the greater engineer is the man who can tell whether the bridge or the machine should be built at all where it should be built and when.”  -Eugene Grace

“We can’t hope to understand heavenly concept without having a heavenly perspective” –Richard Swenson

“It’s not what you know, but what you