We need to be careful what we promise. I remember one time when my children were little that I had to break a promise in relation to a birthday party venue. The venue had changed owners and I was unaware of changed circumstances. I was no longer comfortable taking my children on the pr...
We know from Scripture (the Old Testament included) that this enemy of Jesus is Lucifer, who became Satan, the devil. Historically, we can see thisspiritin Biblical characters. Satan is working behind the scenes, deceiving and lying, to set up his plan to deface the image of God and to ...
There was no pitying hand to wipe the death dew from His face, nor words of sympathy and unchanging fidelity to stay His human heart. While the soldiers were doing their fearful work, Jesus prayed for His enemies, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” His mind passe...
aHoliness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgement-hating what He hates-loving what He loves-and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word. He who most ...
If he can’t take care of his word like he promised, something that has always been pure (Pro 30:5), then why is he going to preserve you? But here’s the flip side: if you are one of those people who claim to hold to the preserved word of God in the King James Bible, but...
God wants us to “bother” Him. He’s delighted to answer the prayers of His children (though He may not answer them in quite the way they had in mind because He knows what is best for them). God doesn’t want to be only our heavenly 911 operator who will fine us if we call wi...
Scripture reminds us that we are all undeserving of God’s goodness, for “There is no one righteous, not even one... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:10, 23). If God dealt with us strictly based on fairness, we would face His righteous judgment ...
I love how the disciplestell Jesus aboutwhat happened to Jesus. It’s like telling God how to do his job! I’ll be the first to admit: I have tried to tell God that whatever was happening wasn’t part of my plans! (Like how hard is it to check the calendar before a crisis befa...
Jacob! He became a great nation siring 12 tribes. And his name was changed to Israel. (Genesis 46:1-4) Moses! Moses! He was assigned to become a deliverer of God’s people. (Exodus 3:1-10) Samuel! Samuel! He was young at the time, but God was grooming him to be a priest, ...
God was beingusurped by the scribes, as indeed it was. But it is also establishedbeyond doubt that scribes frequently changed the supposedly revealedtexts that they transmitted. Ironically, the book of Jeremiah is itself aprime example of scribal composition, where the original oracles of the...