In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: This is what the LORD Almighty says: These...
"So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians." (1 Kings 5:6) There’s a beautiful State Park just 35...
Two boys stood neck to neck in the school yard, screaming at the top of their lungs. Their faces were red, their fists were raised, and the entire neighborhood could hear their argument: "This school is the best because we have the best band!" "No! It's the best in...
It is nearing Pentecost. Wouldn't it be nice this year to experience the type of Pentecost that was experienced by the early church just after Jesus' Resurrection? Last week, In TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 1, we saw that it was the unity in the church, the same unity that...
Last week, in TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 2, we saw that doctrine is indeed very important to God, so important that it is mentioned 37 times in the Bible. Yet despite this, it is doctrinal beliefs that drive Christians apart, that disrupt the unity that Jesus wants us to...
Last week in TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 3, we took a look at the kinds of things that do not support sound doctrine. Things like sins of sexual immorality, murder, dishonesty, etc. We also saw that anything that causes dispute rather than Godly edification is considered to...
Last week, in TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 4, we took a look at the Biblical definition of doctrine. We learned that it ALWAYS comes from the Father, it is ALWAYS in keeping with Jesus' great command, to love the Lord with all our hearts, and to love our neighbor as ourselves....