Many have become confused when reading the word “unworthy” in context of the Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29.  Sometimes we hear a word and assign a meaning and understanding that is not necessarily correct.  Read this passage first in the King James Version, then let’s examine it. “Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily,…

Someone once asked Leonard Bernstein, the celebrated orchestra conductor, “What is the hardest instrument to play?” He immediately replied, “Second fiddle. I can always get plenty of first violinists, but to find one who plays second violin with as much enthusiasm or second French horn or second flute, now that’s a problem. And yet if no one plays second, we have no…

How do you respond to tragedy? How do you determine moral issues like abortion, sexual perversion, divorce and honesty? How do you decide how to treat your enemies and those who mistreat you? It all depends on the concept you have of God. When you think of God, how do you view Him? If we think of God as a myth, our…

After being arrested, imprisoned, tried and beaten for speaking in the name of Jesus, the apostles were commanded to not speak in the name of Jesus any more (Acts 5:40).  Can you imagine a judge, a court or a high council passing down a sentence that condemned you for speaking about Jesus Christ and commanded that you never do it again?  Can…

God expects His people to be thankful. It should not surprise us that the Bible speaks of giving thanks more than 125 times. In the midst of trials sometimes it is hard to obey His words, “In everything give thanks” (1 Thess. 5:18), but when surrounded by evidences of His blessings we must be thankful. We are truly blessed! I am thankful…

There are dozens (if not hundreds) of products on the market that do nothing but “mask symptoms.”  Air fresheners may do nothing but mask the odor without actually addressing the actual cause of the odor.  Throat lozenges may do nothing but numb the pain without actually addressing the actual cause of the pain.  Throw rugs may do nothing but cover the stains…

It is a common experience.  You buy a new lamp, plug it in and turn it on.  You buy a TV, plug it in and turn it on.  You buy a DVD player, a cable box, and oh no!  You only have two power sockets and you need more.  So, now you buy a power strip, plug it in and you have…

There is only one man in the Bible who is described as the friend of God. He is mentioned over 300 times in the Bible, but the first sixty times he is mentioned, he is called by a name that does not represent the place God intended for him to occupy. His first name, Abram, means “a high father” or “an exalted…