Heavenly messengers Angels… have been discussed for millennia. They are eternal beings created by God. Some are named specifically, while others are an angel of the Lord, and many are even nameless. One of the first recorded encounters is in Genesis 18, wherein Abraham, and Sarah, were visited by three to announce her pregnancy at an […]
Salvation Here, Jesus was speaking of salvation and the difficulty of a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. But it goes further than that. It really applies to everything. God is Sovereign. He is Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. It stands to reason that nothing escapes him or can be accomplished without his approval. […]
Foundations First things first…actually addresses priorities in our everyday lives. It really is the design for education. From nursery to Ph.D. There are steps along the way, and we have to learn early math before we can deal with more complicated calculus or geometry. Obviously, our brains are designed to learn in this manner. There […]
The last days We are in what is spoken of in scripture as the ’latter days’ or the ‘last days’. This is the period before Christ’s return. Satan and the Antichrist will be extremely active seeking to blind people from truth, even the Church. Paul, in his second letter to Timothy, warns of this. He […]
Faith vs. works The age-old debate. Faith vs. works! “But someone will say, you have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works (Jas. 2 .18). We know we are saved by grace through faith alone, not of works. So, why the argument? […]
“Men don’t cry” For many men, weeping or crying is sissy. How many boys grew up hearing from their dads; “men don’t cry”. The damage from these words is overwhelmingly negative. Do you remember QB Colt McCoy in his postgame interview after he had been injured and could not play the majority of the National Championship? Texas lost to Alabama. Fighting through […]
Testimony of Truth Tell them what? Joel was encouraging parents to inform the next generations of all the many things, dreadful things, that their forefathers had been asked to witness and endure. And how God, as their Savior, had exhorted them to repent. Sound familiar today? This verse indicates the hearer will impact three generations. […]
A reflection of God Have you heard the expression—spitting image? My dad’s friends would tell me that I was the spitting image of him. We see here in this verse, Jesus was answering Philip’s question, emphatically. He was telling him that if he wanted to know what the heavenly Father is like, then he simply […]
Freedom and justice for all One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If you were starting a new nation, would this be a good mission statement and purpose? How does it get any better for living here on earth with other people and accomplishing God’s will for yours and their lives? […]
The church is more than a building Define the Church…in five words or less. Good job! In the West, we think of the various denominations and all of the different building architectures. You can somehow pick them out by their design. For many, it is hard to move past the building defining the church. We […]