My mouth dropped open when I saw the picture on Facebook. What on earth were all those Bible College students doing smashing a car? And perhaps more importantly, what was my own son doing in that picture, crowbar in hand? I figured there had to be a reasonable...
Happy New Year! This common greeting so often heard this time of year is meant for one purpose: To wish us all unending happiness through the upcoming year. This is my wish and prayer for each of you in 2015 as well. In our own experiences, however, we know that this...
Have you ever wondered where to find the path to a blessed life? The two-fold secret is outlined in this Psalm: "PRAISE the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments." (Ps 112:1, NKJV) As outlined above, the first step is to...
Last week, in Building Solomon's Temple, Part 1, we discovered the importance of the preparations we do for building our heart-temples. But just how can we prepare to build something as abstract as a "heart-temple?" We look to David and Solomon for the answers: "With...
The grass is always greener—on the other side of the fence! Many of us have heard and used this little idiom, and many languages other than English have similar expressions. What we don't realize, however, as this common adage slips from our lips, is that it sums up...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 6, we saw that our first and foremost reason for approaching God's throne should not be our list of petitions. Rather, the most important reason needs to be to give God glory! When we think of the throne of God, the thing that...
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." (2 Cor 9:15) So far in this series, we've been looking at Isaiah 9:6,7 in order to understand the depth and breadth of what Paul describes as Jesus' "Indescribable Gift," the gift we celebrate this Christmas. We have seen...
Last Tuesday, in "Lessons From Jesus' Trial," Part 3, we learned from the courts of Pilate that we are to openly live by Truth in such a way that others can know Truth by simply observing us. We also learned that we are to trust Jesus' words that those whose ears are...
I don't know about you, but I've always thought of Joshua as being a strong and courageous leader. Didn't he, after all, lead the people in the conquering of Canaan? When I read the account of Joshua taking over for Moses, however, I begin to wonder: was Joshua really...
It snowed only a little this past Friday. In fact, when we awoke Saturday morning, there was only a narrow drift of snow about half-way down the driveway, and the rest was bare. There was far too little snow to warrant getting out the snow blower... Unfortunately,...