They say that elephants have good memories, but they’re not the only ones.  Those who have ever been mistreated or wronged, especially by a friend, have some of the longest memories of any creature alive.  Grudges are easy to pick up and carry, but they are very difficult to lay aside and forget.  However, if we want the blessings of God, we’d…

Have you ever (1) been cleaning out your closet, your garage, your desk, your office or your kid’s room, (2) found something that was once so wonderful, so neat, so gotta-have, so life-changing, so new, so clean, and (3) just tossed it in the big black garbage bag along with the other junk?  What happened?  How and why had this gone from…

While the New International Version has never claimed to be a word-for-word translation of the Bible, it is amazing how much this popular translation has allowed the thoughts and wishes of mankind to influence its work.  As one small example, in the 1985 version, Mark 4:25 ends, “…whoever does not have (singular), even what he has (singular, masculine) will be taken from…

When the Philippian jailer asked that all-important question, “What must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30), he was told, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved…” (16:31).  So, what does that mean?  Does that mean, as so many have concluded, that all I have to do to be saved is to believe in Jesus?  To draw that…

T-shirts are one of the best means of advertising available.  They’re everywhere!  Go to any public place and you will see shirts advertising Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Budweiser, Heineken, Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Heat, Pink for the Cure, etc., etc.  Every shirt sends a message. The reality is that you are sending messages regardless of what kind of shirt…

Ok, this is a crazy scenario, but follow it through for a minute.  Suppose someone came to you and offered to give you the earth for one million dollars.  He had already made the down payment with 100 centillion dollars, and he would let you make payments on the million for the rest of your life.  “Me?  Own the earth?  That doesn’t…

Mighty king Nebuchadnezzar learned a mighty lesson in Daniel 4.  He told of his dream, in which a watcher came from heaven and said, “Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit…Let it be wet with the dew of heaven, And let him graze with the beasts On the grass of the earth. …