Where do you place the greatest emphasis in your life? It is so very easy to get focused on things from a human perspective and allow our focus to get off of eternal things that are of the utmost importance to God. This happens even when we don’t realize it. The apostle Peter was a spiritual man. He was a follower of Christ and was…

Did you ever use little wooden blocks when you were a kid to build things (maybe like a house)? Was there any difference in your construction project if you tried to build it on a hard floor (like tile) versus on the carpet? Of course there was! What if you tried to build it on the bed? That was even worse than the carpet! You learned as…

What would be the worst thing ever to have around your neck? In Matthew 18:6, Jesus talked about a person having “a millstone…hung around his neck.” These types of stones were so large that they had to be turned by a beast of burden, particularly a donkey or mule. Think about having that tied around your neck and thrown overboard “in the depth of the…

Luke’s account of the gospel gives us a glimpse into the discussion on the mount of transfiguration that we do not have in the other accounts. Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus and “spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem” (Luke 9:31). The Greek word for “decease” is the word “exodos.” Jesus had just predicted His death (9:22), and these…

A word that you’ve probably heard more often in recent years than in other parts of your life is the word “asymptomatic.” It is apparently possible for someone to have a virus but to not exhibit any symptoms, thus no one knows that the person is actually infected. Such a condition has made me wonder if there are not some asymptomatic Christians today. These…

Almost 600 times in the Bible, God uses the word “behold.” Most of the time we just run right through the word, but have you ever stopped to behold why God is saying “behold”? The word obviously involves seeing something or looking at something but often is a term of interjection regarding something remarkable. “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a…

The goal of EVERY Christian parent ought to be to get their children to heaven! (Oh, how I wish that sentence could have said, “The goal of EVERY Christian parent IS to get their children to heaven!” But, unfortunately, that would not be an accurate statement.) Are you a Christian parent? Do you still have children at home? Is there anything you want MORE than for your…

The snail darter upheld construction of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River in 1975, because it was on the endangered species list. The construction project would be inconvenienced rather than put this little fish in harm’s way. The Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver spider halted a highway construction project in San Antonio in 2012, because it was considered an endangered species. The plans for…