While the translations vary in their ease to read and comprehend, God wrote the Bible to make it easy to read for the average person, even a child (which has made it the best-selling book decade after decade). Reading is one thing. The “doing” takes things to an entirely new level. Consider some Bible instructions, from an “Easy-to-Read” version, that some folks…

After 13 years of driving to the same home day-after-day, it’s funny how our brains just operate on auto-pilot. There are habits, choices and directions that are just instinctively made, without much (if any) thought being given to each individual step. After moving to a different home last month, all of a sudden, my “auto-pilot” is messed up; I’ve had to start…

There is something very different and very real and very effectual about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. There were others who were raised from the dead (such as Jairus’ daughter, Lazarus, etc.), but the Greek tense of the verb used in those cases is different than the Greek tense that Paul used for Jesus’ resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15. In…

It doesn’t take much for “things” to start getting to you! If you watch the news, it can get you down in a hurry. If you listen to reports about the economy and the national debt, it can wear on you. If you listen, even, to certain brethren in the church, you will begin to think that life is horrible and people…

Black Friday is all about saving! Getting out there early, hitting the right places, finding the best deals! Some folks look forward to this day with great anticipation and preparation! Think about that for a moment. Black Friday. Do you know when the “blackest” of all Fridays occurred? Saving. Do you know the greatest saving that ever took place on a “Black…

When Peter rebuked Jesus for suggesting that He was going to suffer and be killed, Jesus sternly admonished Peter saying, “You are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men” (Matt. 16:21-23). In other words, Jesus said, “You’re setting your mind in the wrong place. You’re not setting your mind on God’s thoughts; you’re setting it on man’s…

Just as there are a number of “interesting and peculiar characters” in the world (and in the church) today, there were a number of “interesting and peculiar characters” in Jesus’ day. Can you imagine what it would have been like to be friends with Peter? Imagine being James or John when Peter kept jumping in and answering the questions first (sometimes not…

While helping others, serving others and going out of our way to do good unto others may sometimes be viewed as a nuisance, a hindrance, an inconvenience or an aversion, it actually can be quite rewarding. (In fact, doing good unto others is actually a reward unto itself.) When was the last time–without being asked, prodded, “guilted” or required–that you went out…