The Lion of Judah. We first hear this term in the book of Revelation, chapter 5. The setting is Heaven, and John, the author of the book (See Revelation 1:1-2), has just finished describing 24 elders and four beasts surrounding the throne of God when his attention is...
The Bible is clear: "God is...not a human being, that he should change his mind." (Num. 23:19) Yet the Word of God records a very interesting story in 2 Kings 20 where it seems that God changed His mind: "About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill," (vs 1) Now...
Last week, in "Ultimate Rest" Part 4, I told the story of how God delivered me from one addiction, but left me struggling with the other for many, many years. Just like in the initial conquest of Canaan, God had left some "remaining nations," and through this...
Though undiagnosed, I know that I suffer from an element of Seasonal Affect Disorder, also known as SAD. SAD is defined as a mood disorder that affects people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year, bringing on mild to significant symptoms of...
There are certain things that we know that we know that we know. We know that spring will eventually come. We know the sun will come up in the morning and go down at night. We know that a bed or a couch will hold us up. We know that if we are hungry, food will satisfy...
It had been a good, productive day, but it had also been a long day, one that was precipitated by an almost sleepless night. I was exhausted, a familiar ache had developed between my shoulder blades, and my lower back was hurting. To say that I was looking forward to...
When you live in the mountains as I do you are bound to hear some people slaughter the English language. I have heard someone say they liked "modren" furniture. Of course they meant modern furniture. One day someone said the transaction fell out of their car. I don't...
"After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel." (Judges 3:31) This text caught my eye this morning. How could someone kill 600 Philistines when all he was armed with was an oxgoad? What an odd...
"Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." (Phil 2:12-13) I spent the first 35 years of my leaving believing that I had to "do" something to be saved, and...
“Then Jesus told them, ‘This very night you will all fall away on account of me . . .’ Peter replied, ‘Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will . . . Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the other disciples said the...