Descending through four thousand feet, the twin engine Beech Baron was purring like the happiest of felines as it maneuvered through a cloudless sky. Above, twinkling stars were beginning to reveal their positions as the weary pilot prepped his bird for landing....
Genesis 19 records the sad story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. We know fromGenesis 18 that the day before, Abraham, concerned for his family in Sodom (seeGen. 19:29), interceded with the Lord on behalf of the city, and in the end, the Lord promised: "For...
I've recently been in awe over the fact that my God is very, very big: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." (Rev. 22:13 NET). What this means is: 1. God is all powerful: "Oh, Lord GOD, you did indeed make heaven and earth...
Last Thursday, in "How Big is our God, Part 1", we saw that no matter what we are going through, our God is bigger. The reason our circumstances seem larger than God is that we focus on them instead of on Him. The solution for keeping them in their proper perspective...
To say I was annoyed would have been an understatement. It was my last day at work before leaving on vacation. My morning preparation had gone well, and I now found myself on the road, headed for work. I was 15 minutes earlier than normal, and those extra 15 minutes...
The following Scriptural Nugget is the second in a mini-series based on John 11. "When he heard this, Jesus said, 'This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it.'" (John 11:4-5) Jesus, in Galilee, has...
The following devotional is the fifth in a short series focusing on Daniel 2: Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the great statue of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. "Then the king . . . made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all...
Today's devotional is the last in a mini-series on Sodom and Gomorah. "Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense...
Mr. Rajan Thomas was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father Thomas could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As graduation day approached, Rajan...
A spider weaves a beautifully intricate, yet practical web. Although beautiful in design, a spider's web is intended for one use: to capture the spider's food while enduring the elements - rain, wind, or snow. Often, a spider's web is best seen...