Have you heard of Murphy's Law? There are many versions, but the basic notion of Murphy’s Law is this: "If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong". Any Saturday mechanic, weekend repairman, or home owning handyman will have to admit that this Murphy, whoever he was, had pretty good insight. Skinned knuckles, stripped threads, broken parts, missing pieces, and malfunctioning equipment are a continuing testimony to the apparent accuracy of Murphy’s pessimistic view.

However, there's one realm where this 'law' is clearly not true. Paul wrote, "And we know that all things work together for good to them…

HOW DO I KNOW THAT I AM SAVED?
(David Halbrook)

Today there are many different doctrines concerning salvation, sometimes causing men to wonder "How can I know for certain that I am saved?" Some would persuade us to look to "the light within ourselves" for true freedom and salvation, but how will we know when we've found it? Some would persuade us to look for a supernatural, so-called "Holy Ghost experience," yet how can we trust those who say such when those same individuals aren't otherwise speaking those things which the Spirit spoke…

It is quite common for a person to be immodestly dressed. However, Christians are to shun this practice in keeping with the Scriptures in 1 Timothy 2:9,10 -- "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works." Compare also 1 Peter 3:3,4.

The word of God censures the wearing of gaudy or sensually appealing clothes. A person may be guilty of this by "overdressing" through pride or vanity.

It seems to be…

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When we lived in north Florida, a religious group posted signs all over our town advertising special lessons on the final judgment. The signs asked, “Where will you be when reality strikes?” They really got my attention — mainly because they were all misspelled, so that they read, “Where will you be when realty strikes?” I chuckled as I pictured hordes of well-dressed real estate agents angrily descending on the community.

Such things are evidence of a simple fact: People make mis­takes. In any human endeavor, sooner or later, they will happen.…

WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
(David Dann)
 
As the inspired psalmist, King David writes, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this I will be confident" (Psa. 27:1-3).
 
As one whose life was hunted…