If God is willing, as the calendar changes to 2017, approximately 45% of Americans will resolve to make a change in the upcoming year. Most will resolve to lose weight. Others will endeavor to better organize their lives, spend less money, quit smoking, or spend more time with their families. Twenty-five percent will give up…
Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they…
Chicken Little noun A confirmed pessimist, particularly one who warns of impending disaster. One who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification [After a character in a story who is hit on the head by an acorn and believes the sky is falling.] (Webster’s Dictionary) Pessimism, expecting bad things, anticipating the worst, is a…
I was recently talking with a brother whose teenage son was immersed into the Lord two months ago. He told me his son said his first public prayer in a church assembly just a week ago or so after having submitted to the Lord only recently. I was not surprised, though I do not know…
In Jesus’ rebuke of the scribes and Pharisees as recorded by Matthew, it reads not all aspects of service to the Lord are equal. “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. …
“Do you look at things according to the outward appearance?” (2 Corinthians 10:7). Much of the denominational world uses the Law of Moses as a reference for its standards and practices. Often, there is a mix of the ten commandments, buildings referred to as temples or tabernacles, rooms or places accorded a special degree of…
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be…
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7). One of Satan’s more destructive weapons of temptation against the people of God is to cause us to be afraid. We are tempted to view the continuing spiral into darkness of our modern society with fear…
We live in a time when the LORD’s name is taken more in profanity than in praise. Most reading this article will think that we seldom, if ever, use the Lord’s name in profanity or swearing. But what about using it with little thought for its deep meaning (taking it in vain via casual or…
We know it by the chorus of a hymn when we sing, “For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto him against that day.” What does it mean to believe? The Bible indicates that the Holy Spirit works in our hearts and…