Can We Just Believe? The Psalmist said, “The Mighty One, God the Lord, Has spoken” (Psalm 50:1a) As I pondered this verse, what got my attention is that the Lord God, the Creator of heaven and earth, has spoken, who are we to question. Who are we to question what the Lord has revealed? Who […]

Distorted Images Distorted mirrors gives distorted images. Remember the traveling carnivals. They invariably have a “Fun House” filled with all these warped mirrors. When we’d look into them we’d see a distorted image of ourselves. For some our heads were too big. Okay, for some that may not be a distortion. But other mirrors would […]

God’s Plan To Defeat Our Enemies “Thus says the Lord, ‘Not my might nor by power, but by My Spirit.’” (Zechariah 4:6) How is Satan, the enemy of our soul, defeated? It isn’t through our own strength or intelligence. Pound for pound Satan has got us outmatched. The only way we defeat Satan is first […]

Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide The world says, “Let your conscience be your guide.” But for believers we have something greater; we have as our guide the sure word of God. But that doesn’t mean God hasn’t given us a conscience to help us along the way. God has given to humanity a conscience, […]

Rooted And Built Up “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith.” (Colossians 2:6-7a) In the desert we are used to tumbleweeds. They grow fast and get really big, but when the heat of the summer comes they die, […]

Keeping Pure in an Impure World How can we stay pure in an impure world? If we just try to think pure thoughts, it doesn’t work. It’s like there are a hundred different channels vying for our attention, and while we want to stay on the Pure Channel, it feels like the remote is in […]

The Kingdom of God Isn’t in Word “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” (1 Corinthians 4:20) The Kingdom of God doesn’t come through intellectual pursuit. Far too often our message is nothing more than our point of view or philosophy that can go alongside other philosophies and schools of […]

The Bible: God’s Word There’s no more ridiculous charge brought against the Bible than it’s an old book and no longer relevant. Yet there is nothing more remarkable than the reality that the Bible has always been contemporary, up to date, and relevant, having something to say to each and every generation. There isn’t a […]

Faith Feeding One of the great things about reading God’s word is that it feeds our faith. The Apostle Paul said, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) Jesus said, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 2:7) […]

God’s Plumb Line God’s ultimate desire is for humanity to come back into that loving relationship He once had with them in the Garden of Eden. This is evident in the Great Commandment where we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. It is what God created […]