“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matt 7:12) The “golden rule”. We all learned it from childhood, but how many of us really know what it means? As a child, I never really...
"When David was told, 'Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,' he inquired of the LORD, saying, 'Shall I go and attack these Philistines?' The LORD answered him, 'Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.' But David's...
"Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future." (Lam 1:9) The story is heart-wrenching: the demise of God's glorious people; the ruin of God's own city, the city of peace; the destruction of God's glorious temple; the desolation of the land...
Today's mini-sermon is the last of a 9-part series that has been appearing in the past 8 Saturday, Sunday and Thursday editions of the Answers2Prayer newsletters. As we look ahead at VERY uncertain times, the Holy Spirit continually brings certain scriptural passages...
“Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed . . .” (Prov....
A tribute to Thanksgiving, In honor of Canadian Thanksgiving, Oct. 8, 2001 . . . In light of recent world events, is it not appropriate to stop for a moment and in praise and thanksgiving to contemplate just what kind of an AWESOME God we serve??? Nearly tripping over...
"The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful." (John 3:31-34) As I read this text recently, it occurred to me...
"Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last." (Luke 23:46) Most of you are probably checking your calendars about now, and some of you are preparing to send me a kind e-mail, just...
"Jesus answered, 'I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.'" (John 3:5) Those of you who have never had to struggle with the issue of applying for permanent residencies, working visas, visitor's visas,...
"Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is...