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Continuing with our study on the two action-packed Books of Joshua and Acts, we come today to some more similarities... Qualification... It is said that God doesn't call the qualified but qualifies the called. Joshua who succeeded Moses was not that great leader's...
Introduction Who has not come across this old saying... Rule #1: "Your boss is always right." Rule #2: "If you think the boss is wrong, refer to Rule #1." Take heart, there is a big boss over all the bosses. Of several Hebrew names for God, the word Adonai (See Is...
One of the proofs that this World has been cursed by the Fall (Romans 8:20-23) is that in it defilement spreads by contact, whereas holiness doesn't (Haggai 2:11-13). By the same token, disease is contagious, whereas sadly good health isn't. A Chikungunia epidemic (in...
Continuing our series titled "Order...Order...Order", based on the unique sequencing of Continuing our series titled "Order...Order...Order", based on the unique sequencing of Ps. 22-24... Before I go any further , I want to pose a question: What is your favorite...
Last week, in Should Christians Celebrate Christmas, Part 2, we saw that we should, indeed, commemorate the greatest gift that humanity could have ever received: the gift of Baby Jesus. But is it right to celebrate Christmas the way the world does? I mean, Christmas...
"To the Angel of the church in Thyatira write..." (Rev. 2:18a) Thyatira is known today as the modern city of Akhisar, a city in the province of Asia on the boundary of Lydia and Mysia. It apparently had no illustrious history, but coinage suggests that it was a...
First things first. What is the chief and highest end of man? Let the revered Christian Book namely the Westminster catechism give the answer. Man's chief and highest end is to glorify (worship) God, and fully to enjoy him forever. When it comes to glorifying Him and...
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7 NKJV) Many of the recent devotional publications through the Nugget have been focussing on the central themes of troubled times, trials, dealing with problems, going through life's valleys, etc. All...
When I was a kid, I am ashamed to say that I wasn't a very good gift receiver. When I saw the Christmas gifts under the tree, and I would become so curious as to what was in those packages and bags! Would it be the Barbie doll I had asked for? Or what about the boots?...
Last time we talked about forgiveness and the Lord's expectations of us in this matter. Today we move on into an area that challenges all Christians everywhere, and that is temptation. We are all tempted, as was Jesus Christ Himself, but God does make a way for us to...
Last week, in Wilderness Instructions, Part 10, we learned that the veil in the wilderness is there to remind us of the atrocity of sin and the holiness of God. It helps us understand how incapable we are of working our way into God’s grace, and it helps us remember...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 11, we saw that the death and resurrection of Jesus has rolled away all impediments. But the decision to have Him write on our hearts is ours to make. The Driver had stopped his freight train on the mountain top for safety...
"'You are my witnesses,' declares the LORD, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is...