Like Joseph living as a slave in Egypt, Daniel was also exiled to a foreign land 800-900 miles away. Like the young Jewish girl captured by Naaman during the war with Syria, Daniel was a captive of war with Babylonia. Once in Babylon, Daniel was forced to go to school to learn the language and […]
I’ve been writing several blogs about wisdom recently. We’ve seen that God’s wisdom is vastly different than worldly wisdom, seeking godly wisdom is the way of loving ourselves, and wisdom has nothing to do with one’s intelligence. Here is what Solomon had to say about wisdom in Proverbs (in no particular order). Avoids the wrong […]
Frank Sinatra’s classic, “I Did It My Way,” sounded nice, as far as his voice was concerned, but the lyrics show a proud and arrogant man who faced life independent of others’ help. You’ve probably heard people say, “Nothing has ever been given to me. I’ve worked hard for everything I have.” They probably mean […]
Be careful what church you go to. Some well-known pastors teach that God actually ordained sin to enter the world so He could show off His grace in forgiving a small percentage of people — and they teach this with a straight face. In fact, they teach that all the evil and horrific things that […]
Today, we’ll begin with the 34th occasion of the word “faith” in Romans; “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” […]
After Moses died, Joshua led the people into the Promise Land. The first city encountered was Jericho. Not wanting Israel to assume the conquering of the city was due to their fighting skills, God instructed them to walk around the perimeter of the walled city once a day, carrying the Ark of the Covenant towards […]
Everyone in this world wants to be loved. Each of us needs a friend with whom we can share the joys of the good times and the hurts of the bad times. This blog is about having that kind of friendship with God. The message of the Bible can be condensed to the phrase, “You […]
Inflation is ruining the pocketbooks of many homes, as the prices of everything are rising sky high. Families are struggling to pay for gasoline, food, electricity, and housing. In the future, there will be spiritual inflation, in which the cost of following Jesus will be astronomically high. God revealed king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream to Daniel. In […]
As people in Ephesus heard the gospel and received Christ, their lives were radically changed for the better. However, not everyone was happy with the changes. It resulted in a loss of revenue for the metalworkers who fashioned small idols of the goddess Diana. Because she was no longer worshiped, the clientele of the metalworkers […]
When Jesus answered the disciples’ questions about end-times, He described a fearful period in history: environmental upheavals, violence among people groups and between nations, persecution of believers. But, instead of being frightened when we see those things (or hear them on nightly newscasts), we should realize that the Lord’s return is getting closer. “When these […]