The very thought of having Jesus as our mediator is overwhelming. The amazing distance between Jehovah God and a human seems like a chasm which cannot be crossed. Yet, Jesus did this very thing! He emptied Himself and took on the form of feeble, helpless mortals. He lived among us and having returned to heaven, He received the glory He once had.…

All faithful Christians want the very best for the Lord’s church.  When Jesus commands us to “seek first the kingdom of God” (Matt. 6:33), we ought to find great joy in seeking to fulfill that charge on both a personal and collective level.  With excitement and heartfelt devotion we can sing, “I love Thy kingdom, Lord, the house of Thine abode; The…

They believed a lie and they ate— Eve then Adam. With that act came the responsibility to discern between good and evil. They immediately were ashamed and sought to hide themselves, even from each other. When God came to the garden, they were hiding. He asked them, “Who told you were naked?” The sin was a burden that cost them the close…

His friends were no help. True enough, they had heard of his plight and had come to him, but they only looked at him as he suffered and said nothing. How heartless this seemed but little could this man understand how it was destined to get worse. They just looked at him for seven days, and when they finally talked to him,…

There is much in Scripture that warns against and even condemns the improper use of our tongue.  It certainly has the potential to defile our whole body, kindle a fire and curse men (Jas. 3:2-9).  We should study carefully and heed closely the Divine admonitions, for we shall be judged by those things which proceed from our mouths (Matt. 12:36-37). However, there…

You may be too busy to even finish reading this article. How many times have you said it? Someone tries to make plans and you are “too busy” to do anything. Solomon wrote, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven” (Ecc. 3:1). Lately, there doesn’t seem to be enough time for anything…

It was 490 years before Christ when the Greeks began to overthrow the oppression they suffered from Persia. In a major decisive battle, the Greeks defeated the Persians and one of the victorious soldiers, Pheidippides, ran more than 20 miles from the battle site to Athens. Arriving in the city, he proclaimed, “We have won!” and then fell dead. You may have…

I guess you could say that I used to be a NASCAR fan.  For several seasons, I watched nearly every race.  Initially, I watched them alone, but after a while Traci started watching them with me.  It was something we enjoyed doing together.  Thanks to some kind and generous friends, we were able to go to several Saturday night races in Daytona. …