Jesus described the church by saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard…” (Matt. 20:1). We read these verses and easily understand what He was talking about. We know who that Man was who owned the vineyard, but have we spent enough time thinking about what the Owner…

There are some really long words in our language. I remember years ago when I first heard what was at that time the longest one. It was antidisestablishmentarianism. I learned it when watching the national spelling bee. It took me a while to learn it, but I mastered how to say it. “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” is not recognized as a word, but a nonsense…

The return from Babylonian captivity is truly one of the least known parts of the history of Israel but marks one of the most remarkable periods in the lives of God’s chosen people. When Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, left the city of Jerusalem, he left nothing but ruins behind. The walls were gone and no longer was there a temple, a priesthood,…

The book of Psalms allows us to see deep into the heart and soul of the man whose heart mirrored the heart of God. The words of these psalms and the depth of the spirituality behind them should become the words of our hearts. Early in this book, David said, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart…

The Bible we read looks far different from those who first read it. It is not that parts of it have been lost or words have been changed. Jesus promised that His words (notice that He uses the plural) would not pass away as long as the world remained (Matt. 24:35). The major difference is that our Bible is divided into chapters…

There are two English words which sound alike, but when you look at their origin they come from two different sources. Both of these words or the concepts behind them have been used by others to apply to Christianity. The two words are “heresy” and “hearsay.” The truth is that Christianity is neither heresy nor is it hearsay, and we should be…

How can the Almighty God describe Himself in ways that mortals could ever begin to comprehend Him? The vastness of our universe revealed to us by those telescopes created in recent years have just begun to magnify His power. How many galaxies are there which have been discovered? How many stars are there in each of those galaxies? Think about this, and…

I remember my dad saying to me that sometimes the very best way to deal with a problem was to approach it head on. Often we try to finesse our way around problems and never confront them directly. It is interesting to see how the early church dealt with the issue of the Jews binding circumcision on the Gentiles who had just…