One of my favorite expressions in all of the Bible is “God is faithful.” There is nothing that provides more comfort and assurance than that truth.  The concept is found in the Old Testament, when even Balaam prophesied, “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent.  Has He said, and will He…

“I have enough.  I am satisfied.  I don’t need any more.  I’m ok with where I am in life and what I have.” For some reason, these are hard statements for human beings to make.  There are such strong cravings within us for “things,” that it is a constant struggle (seemingly) to find true, peaceful satisfaction in life.  Consider the following two…

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where everything seemed to be upside down or backwards or just not in the right position?  The prophet Jeremiah, who pleaded with Judah in tearful compassion, found himself in such a situation.  Speaking the words of God, he said in Jeremiah 2:8, “The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’” The very ones…

It’s one of those stories in the Bible that is striking at first, that such an event really happened, and then forever memorable in its lesson for us learn and apply.  After Elijah had ascended into heaven, Elisha was going up to Bethel, when “some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, ‘Go up, you baldhead!  Go…

He stood in line for a few minutes (with the price menus in plain sight), and then started cursing to his friend when the cashier told him how much a large drink would cost.  On his way to fill up his cup, he was cursing because the large cup wasn’t large enough for his liking.  After filling up his drink, he began…

So, how can we be certain that the books we have in our Bibles today are accurate copies of the original autographs written by the inspired Bible writers?  The simple answer is—trust God to take care of it! Unfortunately, our curiosity and the skeptics among us want more than that.  This is a huge topic, one that requires much space to address…

We go through each day trusting people we do not even know and have never met.  We drive right through an intersection with a green light, trusting that the cross traffic is being held by a red light that some guy programmed.  We drive at 70 miles per hour down a crowded interstate highway, trusting that the guy in the lane next…

Should giving in our assemblies on the first day of the week really be considered an avenue of worship?  Stop and think about it, then study what the Bible says about it.  Is it possible that bringing money before the Lord and giving it freely and willingly could be considered “worshiping God”?  It is obvious from 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 that this was…