Some of the most startling and hard-hitting words of Jesus are found in His conversations with the Pharisees and scribes.  These individuals placed such an excessive emphasis on their traditions that they could not and would not hear or accept the Word of God.  Their traditions (i.e., their own personal beliefs) had become their sole guiding authority. As anyone would imagine, the…

I thank God for the young people at Palm Beach Lakes. They are not perfect and sinless, for they live in an imperfect world, surrounded by sin, but they are sincerely trying to win the war against their souls and are so successful in battle after battle. One evidence of this is the remarkable Leadership Training Camp conducted this past week with…

It seems that we are living in a time when there is a constant sense of conflict and hostility from one person toward another.  Have you noticed that we seem to have trouble speaking to one another, speaking about one another or doing anything in regard to each other with any semblance of peace, humility, courtesy or common decency?  What has happened…

The song writer affirmed, “On Christ, the Solid Rock, I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.”  Consider carefully the Biblical basis and rich meaning of these words. Christ is the Solid Rock…of the Old Testament. “My rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my…

The events in the week prior to the Lord’s death are so remarkable. Riding on a borrowed donkey, He had entered the city with a great multitude spreading garments and palm branches before Him. Their voices proclaimed that He was the son of David and that He had come in the name of the Lord. Some of the Pharisees shouted, “Teacher rebuke…

Oh, the irony of Jesus’ words when He spoke of those who “seeing they do not see” (Matt. 13:13).  How can someone see but not see?  Jump ahead two chapters to the next occasion when Jesus encountered these blind guides (see also Matt. 23:16-26). Of the scribes and Pharisees, Jesus said, “They are blind” (Matt. 15:14).  That which they failed to see,…

Imagine this scenario. An unseen terrorist has entered America and introduced a fatal virus which swept across our land like the rising sun. While children are immune, every other citizen faces certain death from his actions. Opportunists arise. Reminiscent of those “snake oil” peddlers of the old west, many buy into the promised cure from the plague around them. The land seems…

There are those signs Jesus gave when His disciples asked for how they could know when the time of the end was approaching. Every generation has looked at those signs and said the end must be near. With all that is happening in the world today, so many, especially television preachers, have persuaded their followers that the world is about to end.…