A common question found in our religious world is, “Do you know the Lord as your personal Savior?” It is true that Jesus is Lord and that He is the One who saves us personally, but few have thought what it means to know the Lord. When the question is asked and a negative response is made, then that person is told…

Solomon makes a list in Proverbs chapter six of seven things that the Lord hates. We often think of the list of seven deadly sins, but that is not a biblical list. That list is attributed to a fourth century monk. It should be stated that God hates all sins and no sin is greater than another. All sins will separate us…

Paul spent two years quarantined as a Roman prisoner.  What a horrible experience that must have been!  He must have been miserable and maybe even started to question God.  Right?  Wrong!  Just the opposite!  Paul was anything but miserable!  In fact, although he was a prisoner, he still found a way to enjoy fellowship with his brethren.  The text states that he…

The “Grim Reaper of Death” is sweeping through our land. It now appears that the coronavirus will kill 60,000 fellow Americans. We probably are thinking more of death than we have in a long time. If you have not been thinking of it, it might be wise for each of us to realize how uncertain life is. It might be wise to…

There have been a lot of executive orders being handed down by our government lately. Those in power have been telling those subject to that power what they need to do to be safer as a community. What would it look like if the Bible was summed up as an executive order? Whereas, in the beginning, the Lord, created the universe, the…

Paul spent two years quarantined.  Can you imagine?  Paul spent two years quarantined as a Roman prisoner.  Can you imagine that?  That’s a bit different than being quarantined in the comfort of your own home for a few weeks.  Well, what did the apostle Paul do with himself for two years?  Scripture tells us what he spent much of his time doing:…

The story is told of a young child who foolishly had climbed on top of the house. It was a metal roof, years ago called a tin roof, and each piece was held in place by several nails readily visible. The boy slipped and was sliding down the roof and knew he would be injured when he fell. He remembered the Bible…

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair” (Charles Dickens,…