Read these words of Jesus from Luke 12:54-56 and ask yourself, how does this apply to me?  “Then He also said to the multitudes, ‘Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, “A shower is coming”; and so it is.  And when you see the south wind blow, you say, “There will be hot weather”; and there…

That is what God, in essence, told newlyweds to do in the Old Testament.  In Deuteronomy 24:5, the One who created, defined and regulates marriage instructed the Jews, “When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his…

If God is the one “who comforts” and is “your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth” and is “the Lord your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared,” then here is God’s question for you—“Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who will die?” (Isa. 51:12-15).  We spend so much…

The prophetic picture of Jesus Christ in Isaiah 53 is just overwhelming.  Think about these words as they were used to describe our Savior—despised, rejected, Man of sorrows, grief, despised, did not esteem Him, stricken, smitten by God, afflicted, wounded, bruised, chastisement, stripes, the iniquity of us all, oppressed, afflicted, lamb to the slaughter, cut off, stricken, grave with the wicked, bruise,…

Have you ever looked at a young girl (or even some boys, for that matter) and wondered, “How could her mother or father let her out of the house wearing that?”  The reality is that not only did that mother or father let her out of the house wearing some piece of clothing deemed inappropriate or immodest, but that mother or father…

Jeremiah was God’s messenger to Israel at that critical period when Jerusalem was about to be overrun by Nebuchadnezzar. God gave him a message for the Jews and for the evil king, Jehoiakim. The prophet could not deliver the message because he was “confined” (Jer. 36:5), so his scribe, Baruch, read the message to all who were assembled at the temple. This…

Who has not heard the phrase, “. . . and now a word from our sponsor”? You are listening to the radio and, at some appropriate time, the regular course of your day is interrupted so you can get the message. I guess sponsors are necessary, but they just get in your way. Consider for a moment that there is another Sponsor…

If you ever need help, the police will come in their law enforcement cruisers, the paramedics will come in their ambulances and your family will come on plane, train, bike or car to see to your needs.  Ever wonder what God’s “ride” looks like? In Moses’ final address to the children of Israel before he died, the man, to whom “the Lord…