God’s Word is Life The Bible isn’t just something you read and then forget; it’s real help for real life. After Moses had given the people God’s word he said, “Take to heart all the words I have given you today. Pass them on as a command to your children so they will obey every […]

Obedience Isn’t Difficult How often do we hear that to obey this or that command out of the Bible is too difficult, or it’s unrealistic given the circumstances we’re faced with, or the society we live in? All this posturing is nothing less than rationalization, because of our desire to live our lives the way […]

Shake It Off In 2014 Taylor Swift’s song, “Shake It Off” made it to number one on Billboard’s Hot 100. Swift was tired of people dissecting who she was, what she looked like, and what she did. Her way of dealing with these comments was to “shake them off.” But Swift wasn’t the first to […]

God Has Made A Way God placed into the law a way by which people can flee to the city of refuge to save their lives. He told them to “prepare roads” so the people who have committed murder unintentionally can get to these cities of refuge quickly and safely so that their lives might […]

Our Prayers Are Powerful Our prayers do not go unheard in heaven, but are mighty and powerful in the hands of God. If that’s true, however, then why do most of us never experience their full potency? It may be because of our sins. The prophet Isaiah said, “But your iniquities have separated you from […]

God Is Drawing Don’t be discouraged when your family and friends don’t seem to get it. God is drawing. “When Felix came … he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, ‘Go away for […]

Giving Honor Where Honor is Due Being right and doing right don’t always go hand in hand in today’s society. When the Apostle Paul was brought before the Jewish high court, the high priest, Ananias, ordered those standing next to Paul to hit him in the mouth. Paul called him a hypocrite (“whitewashed wall”), because […]

Tagged by the Spirit When we come into the faith of Jesus Christ, God tags us by placing within our hearts the Holy Spirit as His seal of promise that we’re His. We’ve been sealed by the Holy Spirit and are now God’s special possession. “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word […]

A Mother’s Love This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and that got me thinking about a mother’s love. A mother loves her child no matter what they do. If you think about it, right from the beginning, children do nothing to deserve love. When they are in the womb they cause discomfort, morning sickness, and pain […]

A Provoked Spirit “While Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.” (Acts 17:16) Athens was full of temples and altars, and the Athenians far exceeded any other people group in the worship of false gods, and their zeal for […]