English was my favorite subject in school. I was fascinated with words, their meanings and how they fit together with other words to form sentences; from there to weave thoughts into paragraphs and articles to share with others. And so, after I came to love God's...
Jesus is the reason and the season for contentment. We cannot say this strongly enough. We looked at the role of God, the Father, last week. We will look at the role of the Holy Spirit next week. Why are we centering on Jesus, the second person of the Trinity? There...
Living in a world of oblivion we see and experience life that is out of focus with true life. By reading God’s Word we see the life that God meant for us to live. At the same time we realize that it is more than man is able to do. His commands are not just requests,...
Consumer advocates continue to report the dangers of a polluted world. We are told how to avoid certain toxins and how to overcome others. Our mind-set changes as we gain new knowledge of what affects us physically and personally. The same is true as we consider what...
"And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto a people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees; of fat things full of marrow, of wines in the lees well refined." Isaiah 25:6. A feast bespeaks of plenty, harmony, and joy. Many feasts were...
12. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. Col. 1:14. Having forgiven you all trespasses. Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his...
To sum up our meditation of Jesus' revelation of the Father---"our Father" of grace and glory---John's recollections are used last. John was "the disciple that Jesus loved." Being closer to John than any other man on earth Jesus perhaps made more of an impact on him...
ALL THAT CHRIST IS IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE HIS "In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace." Ephesians 1:7 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with Him freely...
If God had created us for our own glory wouldn't He have made life easier? Why does starting, and getting through, a normal day require so much? And why are we not satisfied and content with all that we do? Is it not because God, our Creator, planned more for His...