One of the most amazing attributes about the Bible is that every time you read a verse you can see truths not seen before, especially if you read it slowly. To illustrate this, take time to read these words from the apostle Paul and take time to think about them before reading the rest of this article. Paul said, “I write so…

This situation was dire in the northern kingdom of Israel. Following Solomon’s death, they had chosen to not follow the lineage of David for their kings. They determined they would no longer keep the feast days in Jerusalem but created their own feast days like those Moses had given. Students of history know the rest of the story. Over the next 200+…

One of the most amazing qualities about the Bible is that as God reveals His will for our lives, so many vital truths can be expressed in so few words. To see this, look at the letter Paul wrote to the churches of Galatia. Paul had established these churches and his letter to them gives great insight into profound truths about the…

Recently I received a message that so vividly illustrates an attribute that each of us should have. It gives details of events that happened at least sixty-five years ago. I have no remembrance of any specific interaction I had with the person who wrote it, but it has had such a positive, uplifting impact on my life since I opened Facebook and…

We continue this week looking at a problem the scribes and teachers of the Old Testament possibly could have had if they made a deep study of the Scriptures. They obviously knew the Messiah was to come and hundreds of prophecies could have lead them to discover so much about Him. There were those prophecies where one word used to describe Jesus…

When the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity, they immediately began to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem that Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed, and they had a major problem. In one of the three times Satan is mentioned in the Old Testament, he magnified this problem. There was no high priest who was holy to offer the sacrifices for sin and atonement. Read about this…

Jeremiah chapter twenty-three gives a vivid picture of what was happening just before Nebuchadnezzar came to bring God’s judgment on the Jewish nation. The land was filled with many prophets, but Jeremiah stands in marked contrast with those false prophets found throughout the land. There are so many lessons to be learned from reading this chapter. First, there is the reaction of…

Surely there are those moments in the lives of every person where he thinks about why he is on this earth and if there is a deeper meaning to life. Every day our calendars are filled with activities from early morning to late evening, but in those moments, what is the answer when you ask, “Why am I doing this or why…