We were at the funeral of a dear brother in Christ by the name of Joe this past week. Joe loved the Lord Jesus and served Him with an incomparable smile on his face his entire adult life. Joe was a blessed farmer and he knew full well what it meant to rely upon the […]
There is an old expression that goes like this, “If you have seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all.” Or course, it may be true depending on what you are looking at, but it is more often not true and a gross over-simplification as well as a terrible lack of appreciation when it comes to the […]
1. Psalm 66:18, “Come and hear, all who fear God, and I will tell of what He has done for my soul.” “Only those who fear the God of salvation in this world will have nothing to fear from God in the next world.” “GOD-FEARING TESTIFIERS ARE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON THE ETERNAL AND NOT THE […]
1. Proverbs 29:1, “The wicked flee when no man is pursuing, but the righteousare bold as a lion.” Matthew 10:28, “And do not fear those who kill the body….” “IF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS AND FEARFULLNESS WOULD BE VIRTUES, THERE WOULD BE NO MARTYRS.” “ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS ARE VALIANT AND LIONHEARTED,AND READILY CHOOSE DUTY WHEN FACING DANGER […]
1. Psalm 66:18, “Come and hear, all who fear God, and I will tell of what- HE HAS DONE FOR MY SOUL.” “ONLY THOSE WHO FEAR (REVERENCE) THE GOD OF SALVATION IN THIS WORLD KNOW THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM GOD IN THE NEXT WORLD.” “GOD-FEARING TESTIFIERS DO NOT FOCUS ON […]
To listen to a person’s vocabulary is to discover where that person lives in terms of his beliefs and convictions. People define who they are by their words. Not only what they say, but surely just as importantly what they don’t say gives us insight into what their spiritual and moral constructs really are, if […]
“CHRISTIANS ARE THOSE WHO HAVE MOVED BEYOND BEING SINNERS SAVED BY GRACE, AND NOW ARE SAINTS WHO ONLY SIN ON OCCASION.” So says a Protestant Pastor who has many clergy friends who echo his convictions in many different ways these days. Like the Methodist pastor who recently said, “I will never use the word sinner […]
GOD ORDERS A MASSACRE The orders from God through Samuel to King Saul were crystal clear in I Samuel 15:3. You will see what I mean when you read them in just a second. God could not have been plainer or more emphatic. It was RUN SAUL RUN, GO GET THE BALL first grade reader […]
WE MUST NEVER ALLOW OURSELVES TO INTERPRET THE BIBLE BY HISTORY. RATHER, WE MUST ALWAYS INTERPRET HISTORY BY THE BIBLE. INTRODUCTION When it comes to Israel and Jerusalem, many ecclesiastical fellowships today have the prophetic awareness of a petrified rock or a budding apeman in the Tarzan Series. Bible prophecy and historical fulfillment makes about […]
ABIMELECH AND SARAH You may recall the story. King Abimelech of Gerar was about to do something in his life that would have resulted in sure death for himself and for those with him. Abimelech was intent on taking as his wife Sarah who of course was the wife of Abraham. King Abimelech was the […]
Not anymore, but in our younger family days while pastoring out in the eastern U.S., we would take our vacations on Cape Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina. Such a strong allurement that long strip of land fronted and backed by water had for us and for thousands of other families just like us. […]
I recall vividly the couple that I was pre-marriage counseling, and of whom I asked a standard question among many other standard questions, and that question was: “ARE YOU HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE TOGETHER?” It was obvious by their uneasy facial expressions and body twitching that the question was a very uncomfortable rhetorical one in the […]
