There was that day when Samuel learned a lesson so many of us never learn. The prophet had been sent by God to the house of Jesse to anoint the new king who was to replace Saul. When Samuel looked at the sons of Jesse, he immediately decided that the new king would be Eliab, the firstborn son, but he was so…

I’ve heard the expression hundreds of times, but very rarely is it ever used in a complimentary or favorable way.  Most of the time, those who use this adage are intending it to be understood as a sign of derision for whatever is being practiced. “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, then you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always…

Would you believe that Paul told the Corinthian church to “act like men” (1 Cor. 16:13)? What does it mean to act like a man? That is a question boys are struggling with. They are given the misogynist on one end, the feminist on the other and all the confusion in between. How are boys expected to know what it means/looks like…

It may seem strange to you, but do you know that a blessing from God could lead to our destruction? Yet, this truth is taught repeatedly throughout the Bible. Take time to consider the following thoughts to see how God warns us that His blessings can destroy us. After forty years in the wilderness, the Jews were ready to enter the promised…

While traveling recently, I was seated on a flight next to some very talkative ladies, who were particularly loud in their conversation.  I was not eavesdropping on their conversation, as it might be perceived, for it was impossible for those in the seats and rows around them to not follow along in their high-volume chat. These two ladies had just met as…

On November 12, 1961, Terry Jo Duperrault, age 11, was alone on a three-foot by two-foot raft in the Atlantic between the Bahamas and Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The captain of the sixty-foot sailboat her family had chartered killed her parents, her siblings, his wife and scuttled the boat. She was left to die, but she quickly found refuge on the small raft.…

Hezekiah had truly been one of the greatest kings of the Jews. After the vast army of Assyria overthrew the northern kingdom of Israel and scattered those ten tribes among all the nation, they then surrounded Jerusalem. The faith of Hezekiah and the record of his amazing prayer and what he did with the letter demanding immediate surrender is found in Second…

One intriguing feature of living on our spherical planet are the various times zones in which all earthly inhabitants live.  This is noticeable in the advertising of the starting time for television programs, and businesses deal with this when trying to operate globally. Times zones may not have a direct or daily impact on Christianity, but consider this for a moment.  The…