Do you ever wonder why God inspired a certain passage of scripture to be written, preserved, and included in His Word? The Old Testament makes logical sense; it is the history of the Jewish people through whom Christ came and the prophetic promises that were made through God’s prophets. It contains their worship hymnal (psalms) …
Adorning Jesus
Are you a person who likes structure and boundaries, or someone who would rather chart his own path without restraints and rules? If we put those two types of personalities on a scale, all of us would measure up in different places on it. I admit I lean toward structure. I like to know what …
Two Things To Keep You Going In Difficult Days
Last month, my book club read a book called We Band Of Angels, which told the story of the American nurses taken captive in the Philippines during World War II. I don’t remember studying much about what went on there; the snippets of history we were able to cover in high school focused more on …
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Standing In The Storm
What do you do when you see a storm coming? You take shelter. Well, you do if you have any sense at all of danger. There are some people who think it’s fun to stand outside in the rain (you know them, the sports fanatics that are determined to finish the game!). Haven’t you ever …
When Evil Is Unleashed
2 Thessalonians is a follow-up letter Paul wrote to the believers in Thessalonica. In his first letter, he reminded them of what he had taught about the return of Christ. In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, he describes what we refer to as the rapture, the catching away of the church to meet the Lord in the …
The Way Of The Word 