The spiritual picture of Israel during the time of Samson was so bleak. True enough, the mighty judge did so much to defeat the Philistines, but the immorality of his life brought shame on the nation God had treasured above all nations. There was, perhaps, hope that Eli, the new judge appointed by God, would bring greater spirituality to Israel, but such…

Can you imagine trying to spread the gospel in the city of Corinth in New Testament times?  How challenging and even discouraging would that have been?  Think about how that wicked city must have been so prone to reject the message of salvation, which called for repenting from the vileness that was that capital city. This strategically located city along major trade…

We know the Lord’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount about the two gates facing each of us. One is wide and leads to destruction; the other is narrow and leads to life.  We may not know that later Jesus spoke about this. It would profit us all to think about what He said as recorded in Luke chapter thirteen. He…

The Old Testament book of Nehemiah tells of a monumental success in the days of Israel—the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem in only 52 days.  It is such an exciting and satisfying event to read from chapter 2 through chapter 6.  I’d like to take that account and paraphrase it to denote how a monumental success was accomplished at Palm Beach…

I know that these words will be misunderstood by many, but I cannot be true to myself and my place in service to God and neglect to express myself on the implication of the coming presidential election. There are vital moral implications of the decisions which confront each of us in the next few weeks. I have absolutely no desire to violate…

It is truly humbling and remarkable to be aware of so many church members who do things and perform tasks for which they receive little-to-no gratitude, which is usually because other folks have little-to-no knowledge of what they have done.  There is absolutely no way to be exhaustive with something like this, but take a few minutes and see what you can…

We think so often about the great commission which Jesus gave to the twelve to preach the gospel to every creature. Those taught were to do what Jesus had told the apostles to do—to go and make disciples of all nations and to teach those disciples to do the same. This is the nature of the gospel. We who have been taught…

Scripture tells us that after Saul of Tarsus was converted to Christ that he “confounded the Jews” (Acts 9:22).  Think about that — he confounded the people. How did he do that? Saul was the one who guarded “the clothes of those who were killing” Stephen (Acts 7:48; 22:20), for Saul was “in hearty agreement with putting him to death” (Acts 8:1,…