The devil is trying to deceive you!  And he is using the world—with its lusts, its pride, its alures, its lies, its shiny things, its “highly educated professionals,” its pressures, its “know better” celebrities, its “medical experts,” etc.—to convince you that right is wrong, that wrong is right, that up is down, that down is up, that feelings are safe, that absolute…

Yesterday, I was doing some yard work in North Alabama and two fighter jets flew overhead. I watched them the entire time they were in view. In my head, I was thinking, what are they doing all the way out here? Could they be responding to some foreign threat? The answer, though, was a lot less exciting. We aren’t too far from…

Sometimes the best way to define a word is to look at the word which stands in opposition to it. We use the words “blessed” or “blessing” so often and in so many ways that we lose track of their exact meaning. Take a moment and look at the words that are the opposite words—cursed and cursing. Think of the emphasis the…

As Jesus entered His last week before the cross, He entered the city of Jerusalem.  Inside the temple complex, He “began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves”  (Mark 11:15).  He had done this at the beginning of His ministry (John 2:13-17),…

Is anything too hard for God? Throughout the Bible we see story after story of the miracles of God. One of the most memorable is the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the fiery furnace. In chapter 3 of Daniel, the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, erected a massive image of gold and commanded all of his subjects to worship it. Anyone who…

The grandeur of Israel with their renowned leader, Moses, does not end when Moses ascends to the peaks of Mt. Nebo to view the Promised Land. It does not end when God takes the body of Moses and buries it in an unmarked tomb. The reality is that far greater days lay ahead for Israel under a new leader, Joshua the son…

God had an eternal plan!  That plan did NOT waver one bit based upon man’s acceptance or rejection of that plan! Adam and Eve disobeyed God.  God’s eternal plan was already in place and already at work (Gen. 3:15; 1 Pet. 1:18-20; Eph. 3:1-11).  The whole world turned their hearts to wickedness in the days of Noah.  God’s eternal plan was already…

“What kind of Christian are you?” is a question I have been asked countless times. I’m a big fan of the response, “Hopefully a good one.” However, this question is asked for a very good reason. The name “Christian” has become an umbrella term to encompass a wide variety of religious groups and doctrines all claiming to follow the same Jesus. According…