Some of the saddest passages in the Bible can be found in the messages of the Old Testament prophets. God said to His people before their captivity, “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number” (Jer. 2:32). Four times in the book of Jeremiah God tells His people that they…

An absolute truth is an anchor, something that never changes despite the circumstances. God has made our world with millions of constants on which we depend, principles that science later established as laws. The Psalms talk about the Sun always passes in its orbit, and the stars, that man has depended on for thousands of years for travel, have never changed (Psa.…

If you look up the word “Christian” in a dictionary, you will find that the common use of that word today in our nation is “a person who believes in Jesus Christ” or “a person who exemplifies in his or her life the teachings of Christ.”  As you consider those definitions, do they match what you think a Christian is?  If we…

It is easy for us to overlook the important role personal conversation has in the conversion of the world. We long for days like that Pentecost when the response to preaching resulted in 3,000 conversions. That was not the normal happening as the church grew. We must never overlook how often lives were changed when Jesus and the apostles had one-on-one conversations…

Isn’t it remarkable how the use of smart phones has changed news reporting?  It seems that whenever there is a crisis, someone takes their phone and starts videoing. When it is placed on social media, it can almost immediately go viral. Secrets are revealed which just a few years ago would be hidden. The same is true of those times when microphones…

On his second missionary journey, the apostle Paul came to the city of Athens.  Perhaps if Dorothy had been traveling with Paul on this journey, she might have said, “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Jerusalem anymore.”  While Paul had preached in pagan cities before, Athens was unique. When Paul arrived in Athens, “he saw the city was full of…

Paul writes about the sacrifice of Christ, “that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory” (Eph. 5:26-27). That task is something we must continue to do—maintaining the church in all her glory. The divine contribution and foundation of the church has been laid. It was the Lord that pitched the divine sanctuary (Heb. 8:2). Christ is the Head…

Do you remember the words of the song you may have learned years ago entitled, “The Apostle Song”? It is the best way to remember the names of the twelve, but have you ever noticed the opening words? “Jesus called them one by one, Peter, Andrew, James and John…” He called them, but the emphasis is that He called them one by…