Exalting God, Edifying Believers, Evangelizing the Lost

How to Exemplify Grace and Truth

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/14/20 The word grace is widely misunderstood in our culture. In the Bible, grace simply refers to God’s gifts of goodness and blessing in our lives that we do not deserve—gifts of salvation, eternal life, forgiveness of sin, mercy, protection,...
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A Plan for Victor

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/13/20 None of the heroes of faith we learn about in Hebrews 11 would have experienced victory with a weak, ineffective faith. Each of them was courageous in their faith because they knew the enormity of God’s power and trusted that He would...
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Costly Obedience

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/12/20 The Bible tells us about numerous people of faith who experienced persecution because they stood for God’s Truth. “Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed...
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Hindrances in the Race

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/11/20 As we run this marathon of faith, we need to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1). Excess baggage and weight will only...
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A Touch of Heaven

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/10/20 Abraham realized God had a greater plan for His life. Therefore, he shifted his focus from the world around him to the world that was yet to come. The same should be true of us. The trials we face in this earthly life cannot compare to the...
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