How much do you “love” the things of this world and the things of this life? Meaning, how much are you devoting yourself to the things of this world and the things of this life? The devil makes it so easy and so appealing to “think” that we are good with God, while at the same time we are pursuing all of…

The inspired penman of the book of Hebrews continually appealed to his struggling brethren to not turn their back on Christ and give up their faith. As he emphasized their personal need for steadfastness, he penned the great chapter of Hebrews 11.  We know and love this great chapter, which highlights the faithful obedience of some of those Old Testament heroes.  Why does…

Sometimes people will hear about Bible stories, or maybe even read a Bible story without full context, and they will make God out to be some kind of monster. An example of this is the account of Uzzah, who “took hold” of the ark of covenant when “the oxen stumbled,” and “God struck him there for his error” (2 Sam. 6:6-7). Why would God…

Have you met the “Know Better” family? It’s a growing and rather influential “family”! There are those who “Know Better” than the elders of the church, or the ones who “Know Better” than the nice sandwich-maker at the deli, or those who “Know Better” than the driver still sitting at a green light while a slow pedestrian crosses in front of him. The “Know…

If a Jew had walked up to the entrance of the tabernacle, on its east side, he would have seen a beautiful “screen” covering the front opening that was 15 feet wide and 15 feet tall. The “screen” was made of “blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen” (Ex. 26:36). Even without God adding this in the text, it would have been…

It does NOT matter how you package a lie or even if it is an educated professional who is the one wrapping the package, a lie is a lie and will never be the truth! We are being inundated today with “medical professionals” and government agencies and advocacy groups screaming that “abortion is health care.”  The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists states…

You may read these words in the title and ask, “Are those people’s names? Or are those dinosaur names? Are they spelled correctly?” In Romans 16, Paul sends greetings to 26 individuals in the church at Rome. (Yet, he had never been there.) Reading through the names can be challenging, somewhat like a genealogical record. But it can also be a rich reminder. Some of the names in…

Many children have found themselves in a tempting situation and have given in—maybe it was a bowl of ice cream on the counter or a candy bar on a store shelf or some money sticking out of mom’s purse. For children, these are life lessons to learn from, but it’s “kids’ stuff.” For Christian adults, the tempting situations get bigger and the consequences…