I find that the older I get, the more I cherish true and genuine friendship, and just let me tell you, let me explain to you what I mean by true and genuine friendship. Definition of friendship are those people who come into your life when everybody [...]

Silence. I know, some people love it. Others detest it. I know there are some people who are not happy unless there's all sorts of noise and sounds, and you can't stand silence, and then there are other who are the exact opposite. They just long for [...]

I want you to imagine with me a baseball team that has found themselves a super-duper pitcher. I mean, he's a wonderboy. He can throw it 120 miles, he can throw every kind of conceivable ball: fast ball, knuckle ball, spinning ball. I mean, he can [...]

All of life, if you think about it, there are all sorts of covenants, and all sorts of agreements, and all sorts of contracts. Most of them are agreements between two equals, in marriage, a husband and wife, two equals stand and make an agreement or [...]

Fear of failure keeps many a person from reaching their full potential for God. Fear of criticism holds people back from accomplishing great things for God. Fear of the unknown, my goodness, I mean, it chains some people into what is comfortable and [...]

From Watergate all the way to Monica Lewinsky scandal, from all the other public scandals by public officials, you remember how it's not the lying, but it's the cover up of that lying that got them into deeper trouble. While the Bible exalts us [...]

There is a classic Christian book that was written in the middle of the 1600s. The book is called, "Pilgrim's Progress". And the author, John Bunyan, who lived between 1628 and 1688 was thrown into prison for preaching without a license in [...]

For when God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky, in the heavens, Abraham had none, no children whatsoever, but also, as you look at Abraham's journey of faith, you're gonna see it's not a smooth sailing. [...]

Does God Predestine People to Hell? Absolutely not. God does not predestine people to hell. As a matter of fact, when people say, "How can a loving God send people to hell"? I say God is not gonna send anybody to hell; they're gonna send [...]

You know, suicide is a big problem in our culture, in our society, in the West. I often say, look at all these people lining up in front of the American embassies all over the world, want to come to America, and the people in America want to commit [...]

First thing you need to realize that you are not the only one who is experiencing doubt. Even the great heroes of the Bible, they all experienced doubt. The question is not whether you have some doubts, it is how long you stay in that doubt. That is [...]

God is unchanging, and God is not different from the old and the new. In fact, God revealed himself fully in Jesus Christ so that those people in the Old Testament who misunderstood God can be corrected. But the Word of God in the Old Testament is [...]

I think this is a great question because we all have people like that. We know people who say, "I'm a Christian," but their life says otherwise. Jesus said something that is absolutely, I found it, it is the truth because Jesus said it, [...]

The problem with us in the west is that we somehow believe that we are entitled to have happiness, and that we have wealth and prosperity, but the Bible said, Jesus said in the world you shall have tribulation. As a matter of fact, the disciples [...]

You know, some years ago when I was a very young preacher at the age of 26, I used to tell people I was in a very secular culture and I would say to them, "Do you know that all good people are going to hell and all the bad people are going to [...]

Hello my friends. Saying yes to Jesus is just the first step. It's like a baby being born. In fact, Jesus calls it being born again. That baby needs nourishment, needs safety, needs warmth, and security. And the only place where that can happen is [...]

You know, the term forgiveness is now even used by secularists preachers on public television... I've heard it. They talk about forgiving but they don't understand the necessity and the absolute requirement for believers to forgive and to forgive [...]

Well, the whole goal of life is not being a better person, the whole goal of life is be like Christ. And to be like Christ you have to believe in Christ, submit to Christ, receive Christ, and allow his Holy Spirit to dwell in you. That's the only [...]

Young parents are often asking the question, you know, "What book do you recommend that helped you in raising up your children"? I say, there are so many good books around, but there is the Book, the Book that I used together with my wife [...]

Hi, Dr. Youssef. Jane Robelot from Greenville, South Carolina. How should Christians look at politics? How involved should we be in elections and in the political process? Dr. Michael Youssef: Having grown up under severe dictatorship, and now I've [...]

Hi, Dr. Youssef. Jane Robelot from Greenville, South Carolina. How can we encourage young people to stick to the Word of God when universalism is so pervasive? Dr. Michael Youssef: The reason universalism is pervasive among the younger generation [...]

Every one of us, every day, are faced with decisions, everyone. School children, teenagers, young adults, middle aged people, seniors, all facing decisions every day. We make decisions, and the word "decision" by its own definition is [...]

In the last several years, there has been a rash of books written by people who supposedly died and came back again. And when they died, there's a common theme between all of them, that they all saw light. Some of them said that they saw somebody [...]

The story of the prodigal is the summary of the entire Christian faith. It is the Christian faith in a story. It is Christianity in a capsule. The story is the story of every one of us. Every one of us who sought to live for self and we did only to [...]

Stress (raise your hand now) it really is a huge problem in our culture, in our society, in our world. I talk to people all over the world. Stress is phenomenal. In fact, all you need to do is, you look at the books and the seminars about stress [...]

Eric Metaxas : What do you say except, "Wow"? Some people watching right now... by the way, my name is Eric Metaxas. Some people watching right now might think a video like that is fear mongering. "Oh, it's not that bad". The [...]

And on this Mom's Day, I want to pay tribute to the great moms who are raising up champions for Christ. I want this message to be an encouragement to them to keep on keeping on, to raise champions for Christ. It is no secret today, motherhood is [...]

You know, the term forgiveness is now even used by secularists preachers on public television, I've heard it. They talk about forgiving but they don't understand the necessity and the absolute requirement for believers to forgive and to forgive [...]

Hello my friends. Saying YES to Jesus is just the first step. It's like a baby being born. In fact, Jesus calls it being born again. That baby needs nourishment, needs safety, needs warmth, and security. And the only place where that can happen is [...]

Yesterday I was standing on the mountain, looking down at the Valley of Elah where this monstrosity, that Philistine, Goliath, was challenging the people of God. And they were trembling in their sandals until young David comes in. And in his mind, [...]

Hello, friends, so many people don't understand how can the shedding of the blood of the Son of God, there are some pastors who are now calling the crucifixion a child abuse. But let me explain to you, this is God's way, not their way or my way, [...]

Right here from this land of the Bible where our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, died, and was buried, then he rose again on the third day. Right over my shoulder that Golgotha. Yesterday I was in the Garden of Gethsemane and I cannot help but weep [...]

I have been privileged to come to the Holy Land. Many things that immediately come rushing into my mind. one of those things is when I go by Mount Moriah when Abraham was about to sacrifice his son in obedience to the call of God. God did not want [...]

You know, it is fashionable that so many people now, even in pulpits, they say, "Oh, the Bible is just filled with fiction and these are just tales and myths". You come here and you walk where Jesus walked. And you see the evidence of his [...]

Hello friends, I am honored and privileged to be standing here overlooking the Mount of Olives. This is the Valley of Elah and when David showed up he said, "Who is this Philistine who defies the army of the living God"? As we think of [...]

A story I read many, many years ago that took place back in the late 1800s in the county of Mayfield, Kentucky. And it was there a small church at that time, very small. In fact, it was so small they only had two deacons in that church, but those [...]

Now, back in the days when I used to travel to Asia a great deal, and I think back then my wife would say, "A great, great deal", I found people, particularly in India, all over Asia, they are pursuing happiness. They're pursuing [...]

If you have heard me preach for any length of time, most likely you've heard me say something to the effect that there is a promise in the Scripture by our Lord Jesus Christ that has always been a challenge for me. It is in Matthew 18:19. Let me [...]

Scientists tell us that what children learn growing up is like a metal needle engraving on a steel plate. It stays there forever. It can never be erased. Now, some of these engravings are wonderful, they are positive. That's the godly moms and dads [...]

In Romans 13:8, when the Apostle Paul said: "Let no debt remain outstanding," he's not meaning that we should never borrow or come into debt, but he's talking about incurring a debt that can never be repaid. I want to remind you of the [...]