Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime killed an estimated 6,000,000 Jews. Dozens of other stories recount how individuals will commit horrifying crimes (like going into an elementary school and killing dozens of innocent children or walking into your own high school and killing your classmates and teachers). I have often wondered how things would have […]
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Change
We hear a lot about ‘change’. Politicians frequently talk about changing things in government. Educators discuss changing our schools. Societal trends and technological advances have powerfully changed things in our daily lives. We now hear of ‘personal trainers’ who try to help people modify their living habits and routines. So, with all this talk about […]
What Men Have Done to Hell
· Atheists, skeptics and modernists have eradicated it by their “wonderful” powers of “reason”. · “Christian Scientists” have attributed it to improper thinking, the figment of bad imagination, or “malicious animal magnetism”. · Universalists have removed the need of fearing it since they teach that all will be saved anyway. · Unitarians and others have decided that the only […]
Who Cares?
Did you ever think about who turns out the lights and locks the doors at the church building? It may seem a small thing, but it could create some problems if no one did it. The point is, someone accepts the responsibility that most members give very little thought to. The same could be said […]
“Full of Dead Men’s Bones”
News reports told of a discovery of an elderly blind woman slumped over in the doorway of her home. She was “confused and weak” and weighed only between 65 and 70 pounds. Closer investigation found that she was living among rotting garbage and large rats. The report said that “several dogs and cats were observed […]
Foolish Disregard
To dismiss God from our decisions is a most foolish thing to do. The reality of God is the most massive truth we’ll ever encounter, and the most consequential. It is folly to omit this truth from our thinking, as if we expected it to move out of our way. Some individuals disregard God by […]
God’s Ark
History’s most famous boat is always referred to as “Noah’s ark.” After all, Noah built it. But the truth of the matter is, it was not his; it was God’s ark. God commissioned it. “By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of […]
Not Ashamed of the Gospel – Romans 16 “The Equality of the Gospel”
Of the 19 people our mission team baptized while we lived in Romania, maybe 1/3 of those can be traced directly or indirectly to a young mom while our kids were playing together in the park. The women on our mission team were active in the Lord’s work in Romania. They taught Bible classes, even […]
Jehovah or Yahweh
“Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them? God said to Moses, ‘I am Who I am;’ […]
Day of the Dead
The birth of Jesus was an astounding miracle that was heard by kings and commoners alike. His life was flawless and without error; full of compassion and mercy. His death was merciless and horrific. But all of that would have been for not, if the tomb was found occupied on the third day. Jesus’ resurrection […]