False teachers, cult leaders and charlatans aren’t the only people who misuse Bible verses. Well-intended believers may do the same, but for different reasons. Perhaps…
It’s that time of year again. Time to select a Bible reading plan and get started once again. Here are some links to Bible reading…
As I drove down a street near my home last week, I saw him again. He is an older man with long flowing…
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD…
When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, he led an incredible building project. The walls of the city of Jerusalem, which had been destroyed years before, were…
Who has believed our true report? The Lord alone can tell But Doctor Luke wrote down our words About “Immanuel.” Out in the dark, we…
When you give a gift at Christmas, for a birthday, or at any other time, you want to give something that the other person needs…
At this time of year, it’s easy to gloss over the events surrounding the first Christmas. If we aren’t careful, we will overlook some of…
A visit to Bethlehem by famed Boston preacher Phillips Brooks inspired him to write a carol for a Christmas Sunday school service. Would you believe…
In a previous post I discussed Marcion, the false teacher who jettisoned the Old Testament. What about an opposite extreme? The “Jewish Roots” movement has…
That was the headline on cbsnews.com introducing a story, also broadcast the night before on the network’s news program, On Assignment.1 The rest of the…
November/December 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 6 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. He taketh…
I spoke too soon. In commenting in September about the abuse accusations within the Roman Catholic Church, I said that there have not been accusations…
Promotional emails and full-color mailers for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other holiday sales are coming your way, and so are the urges to buy…
In the very earliest days of the New Testament and hardly before the ink was dry, the church already faced a pernicious error. Marcion of…
Some time ago, I attended the funeral of a Christian gentleman who served his church as both deacon and choir director. Eulogies from family and…
The internet changed the topics I dip into. Some are more eclectic than others are. A recent e-zine I discovered has an article about the…
The old timers called it melancholy. Some today call it depression. Modern vernacular calls it the blues. Many face feelings of extreme sadness and melancholy during…
Stress has become a way of life for many today. We live in a world of stressed-out people. In the military environment, I have…
lament, n.: an expression of grief or sorrow; a formal expression of sorrow or mourning1 For many people, Christian or not, Christmas is a time…
