Samson had muscles coordinated by the power of God. But his emotions were so uncoordinated! Who was to blame? His parents were, I think. Can’t you picture them, with intense delight and great care, helping little baby Samson to walk. Supporting him as he wobbled. Now, what about all the wobble in his moral and… Read More ›
Our first duty is to pray. We touch God by prayer. That is how we commune with Him. To praise God, you must pray. If you would bless others, clear your own vision, confess sins, go over plans with God, find God’s will, renew strength, get needs met, THEN YOU MUST PRAY. The Christian life… Read More ›
Kidnapping after kidnapping, tornadoes and calamities…. “This is awful!” we cry. Remember, though, God is there. Things that appear to be against His will should be thought of as necessities when a holy God rules a world infected with sin. God is in charge. He is entirely able to accomplish His purposes. He is ruler… Read More ›
(Learned Sequentially and Cyclically) INTIMACY — in our life with God SIMPLICITY — in Preaching Christ and His Cross AUTHORITY — in Prayer with respect to GOD SATAN MAN VITALITY — in Church — its Structure and Life SUMMATION of KEY LESSONS of TRUTH — Requiring some 65 years to learn … Read More ›
“Be sure your sin will find you out.” How these words burn! Moses spoke them forcefully to those Hebrews who were members of the tribes of Reuben and Gad. Turn to our text in Numbers 32. Israel is here camped just over the river Jordan, preparing for their invasion of Canaan, or Palestine. But the… Read More ›
Have you heard of the Big Bang theory of the origin of our universe? A past Time magazine article says, “Most astronomers now accept the theory that the universe had an instant creation, that it came to be in a vast fireball explosion 15 or 20 billion years ago.” However, even science should teach us… Read More ›
Television is very influential. It… Calls to all Contaminates most Controls many Consumes some. “Look here!” it appeals. “Think of this. Try it, you’ll like it.” Every Christian needs to consider carefully what place TV shall have in his life. Considered from an amoral, purely human point of view, TV gets an A+ rating as… Read More ›
The Pope in Rome is far removed from the lot of most men. However, death has a way of humbling all. Popes, kings, and prisoners alike die. Man is a fading flower (Psalm 103:14-16). The Psalmist gasps in amazement, “what is mankind that you are mindful of them?” (Our text is Psalm 8.) The philosopher… Read More ›
Make very certain you know what the word PROPITIATION means. Your eternal destiny depends upon it! The term has an interesting history. In ancient Greece, propitiation meant to appease or bargain with God. Paganism involved a kind of continual blackmail, a buying off deity. Now, as this word came into Biblical use (hilaskomai in Greek),… Read More ›
God’s goals for man and man’s goals for himself are very different. Human beings scatter a thousand ways to find pleasure or fulfillment in life. Their ambitions range from sitting lazily before the fireplace of retirement, to sensuous indulgence, to conquering and running a world empire. However, God implores us to seek His kingdom first… Read More ›