I am 75 years old—three-quarters of a century old—and think I may have lived the best life ever lived on the planet. It keeps getting better. I’ve had my share of trials, some of which I wondered if I would survive. However, I can affirm the promise in Romans 8:28, that “All things work together for good for those who love the Lord,” is true every time.

      I usually write these Words for the Week months before they’re published, and I marvel at how often they are timely. If I am correct about when this one will...

      How do we distinguish between the church that the Lord is building and the one that men are building? There is a saying that, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The “good” side of the Tree of Knowledge is just as deadly as the “evil” side. The fruit of both is poison.

      This is not to say that all of man’s good works are attempts to circumvent the cross. One’s works can be good, but if they are not the good God has called us to do, they can be diversions from the path...

      We have been reduced to a world that now has only one hope that can keep us from the worst tyranny in history: a revival and an awakening that surpasses all previous ones. We need for the Lord to move as He has not done on the earth before, and that is what He plans to do.

      We need the greatest revival because we have fallen to the ultimate depravity—“calling evil good and good evil” and “honoring the dishonorable and dishonoring the honorable” (see Isaiah 5). As the book of Isaiah continues, this will cause the anger of...

      Martin Luther once said, “A spiritual man does not need a contract, and an unspiritual man cannot keep one.” So, what do we do?

      As we live in a time when true religion, true faith, and true love for God are increasingly rare in the world, we need stronger contracts for almost every agreement. We also need more restraints and consequences for violating them to be enforced. However, the restraints and enforcement are being weakened instead. Lawlessness is increasing and is now threatening to overrun every barrier.

      In Scripture, the judgment of God upon the nations...

      Why did the Lord create man with the freedom to rebel, and by this allow all of the pain and suffering that has come upon the world? Freedom. There must be freedom for there to be true worship, or true friendship. We can teach a parrot to say the right things, but they will not be from its heart. Likewise, we can compel men to say and do the right things, but they will not be in their hearts. As we have read in 2 Corinthians 3:17, “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” ...