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…

The study of Paul’s life gives real insight into the doctrine of the freewill we have as we serve our God. In our arrogance sometimes we may think we are wise enough to determine what we should do. Take a moment to reflect on this as we look at Paul’s plan to go to Ephesus, Bithynia and Rome to preach the word.…

The Bible expresses such profound truths in such simple ways that we read them and think we already know this truth, when in reality we do not know what we know! If these words intrigue you, then permit me to use God’s simply words to illustrate this. I vividly recall an experience from our early days in New Zealand in 1962. As…

In Paul’s letter to Rome, he uses an interesting phrase. He said, “Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand” (Rom. 13:11-12). Contextually, he may have not been talking about their…