We have all been asked to do challenging things—maybe something that, at the time, didn’t seem possible. It could’ve been an action beyond our perceived abilities, or it was completely new. To get over the immediate apprehension or anxiety of the task, we need to break the action down into smaller actionable steps. Let’s practice this with an imperative from our Lord.…

For more than two years, congregations have had to deal with Covid and the restrictions on public gathers. It has been such a difficult time worldwide as it was increasingly difficult to maintain assembling to worship like the Lord wants. In far too many places, making decisions about how to deal with Covid created an emotional division as every member had strong…

There are some verses that are taken out of context more than others.  In fact, there are some verses that are so often quoted that people know the verse (and can almost quote it themselves), but neither the quoter nor the hearers realize that the verse is not being used in the context in which it was written.  First Corinthians 2:9 is…

It is refreshing to take a deeper look into a subject that you thought was exhausted only to find more information. There is a principle from the book of Jeremiah that echoes into the New Testament and sheds light on a very common passage. Jeremiah’s message from the Lord was one of doom. Judah had done evil, and it was time for…

The first psalm describes the character of those who are blessed by God. “He does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly.” The implication of these words is that if one does walk in the counsel of the ungodly, he is cursed. The psalmist has in mind walking in the counsel of ungodly men and the blessedness of those who walk…

While some have suggested over the years that the Bible is hard to understand, perhaps we should see what the Bible has to say about that.  Luke wrote about the life of Christ to a man named Theophilus so that he “may know the certainty of those things in which [he was] instructed” (1:4).  Jesus Himself said, “You shall know the truth”…

At the end of his first letter to the church in Thessalonica Paul gives them this charge. “Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good (1 Thess. 5:21). In that context, he gives them many things that we can examine and hold on to. Hold on to your leaders.  Honor and cherish them (1 Thess. 5:12-13a). Good leaders are a…

So many individuals know the words of the prayer Jesus gave in the Sermon on the Mount. It begins by addressing God with the words, “Our Father which art in heaven. . .” and ends with “For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen” (KJV—Matt. 6:9-13). What can be so easily overlooked is the prayer of David…