Despite all of the differences and diversity that abound among the human family, at the heart of each of us lies a uniting desire. We all long for joy. We desire to be happy, satisfied, fulfilled, complete, content, full. You will not find a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God must not care. God does not love me anymore. I must no longer be saved. The Bible must not be true. Christianity does not really work. God has left me. God must not be able to bear my burdens. God must not be a good, loving God. There is no...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Being spiritually blind and drunk renders one incapable of receiving, understanding, and embracing the Word of God! A drunk man simply cannot comprehend. A blind man simply cannot see. This is exactly how the Bible describes the spiritual...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah’s first word for the people of Judah is that judgment is coming. God will pour out His wrath upon them because of their stubborn, rebellious evil hearts. He will raise up the Assyrians, and they will invade and destroy. They have been...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The opening words of this book serve as its proper title, The Revelation of Jesus Christ. This book is about Jesus. It is not so much about eschatological time lines or catastrophic events on the brink of eternity, even though it does describe...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The opening chapters of Ecclesiastes can be very perplexing. What is Solomon’s point? He seems to go to great lengths to prove his point that all is vanity! Wisdom, pleasures, toil, possessions, and wise living, everything. “Vanity of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When reading the storyline of Esther, one wants to conclude that the Lord really does have a sense of humor. However, it would probably be more accurate to conclude that one should not plot against the people of God! 6:1 says that the king could...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hebrews is full of discomforting passages like 3:12-14, and it would do our faith well to wrestle through it. “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you and evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ezra begins with the proclamation of Cyrus, king of Persia, that Israel may return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. 42,360 of them head home. As soon as they settle in, they get to work. The first order of business was to re-institute the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Taxes. A necessary requirement upon society for the upholding of civil government. Every citizen realizes the necessity, but much disagreement abounds as to how much a person should be taxed. It is a hot issue. One which resulted in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]