There are many things that I memorized in elementary school, middle school, high school and college for exams that I no longer remember.  At one time they were locked in (at least for a few minutes before the test), but now they’re gone.  However, there are other things that stick. Do you know how many inches are in a foot?  Do you…

The Bible is God’s revelation of His will for mankind and to mankind (1 Cor. 2:10-13; 2 Tim. 3:16-17).  It is our only authority today for determining right and wrong and for finding our way to heaven (Col. 3:17; Matt. 28:18; John 12:48; 14:6).  As such, we should measure every religious teaching, every religious practice and every human behavior by that one…

How often have you walked into a public restroom (even ones that are typically clean and well-kept) and been met with towels strewn on the floor and commodes that have not been flushed? Ugh!  Come on! What’s wrong with people that they cannot flush a toilet or get their used paper towel in the waste basket?  Have they no sense of responsibility?…

Immediately upon becoming a Christian, Saul began preaching.  As he “increased all the more in strength,” he increased all the more in “proving that this Jesus is the Christ” (Acts 9:20).  First of all, do you believe that Jesus is the Christ?  It is essential to your salvation that you believe it (Acts 16:31; 18:28; John 20:31; 1 John 5:1).  Now, the…

To read of the vile persecutions that were brought against early “Christians” in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and to consider the evil hands which administered such torture, it makes one wonder if and how God could really want “all men” (including those tyrants) “to be saved” (1 Tim. 2:4).  To research all of the atrocities that Adolf Hitler enacted upon the innocent…

The Royal Wedding of William and Kate has been hard to escape; it’s been all over the TV networks.  One of the news commentators’ frequent reports has been on this “modern couple’s vows”—they have gleefully been reporting how Kate did not have the word “obey” in her vows.  “She didn’t say ‘obey’!  They’re so modern!” William and Kate are not the first…

The old comic of a century ago started a saying that has continued even until today—“Keeping up with the Joneses.”  In the comic strip, “the Joneses” were not based on any one particular family, but it was a generic expression to capture any neighbor’s social or economic status.  If someone else was getting ahead in life and prospering, the average person tried…

When Paul met with the elders from Ephesus in Acts 20, he not only prepared and warned them for those things that were shortly to happen, but he also reminded them of his work among them for three years.  In the 400 words that he spoke to them on this occasion, twice he assured them that he did “not shun (shrink, NASB)…