These things seem like harmless fun. But there’s a reason the Bible forbids them. The answers they provide can be convincing because your enemy (1) knows you and (2) has some knowledge of the future. With that combination, a psychic or a fortune teller can be so persuasive. But these people get their “answers” fromContinue reading “Horoscopes, Palm Readers, Fortune Tellers. 1 Samuel 28:11-20.”
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DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? Judges 2:10-12,14.
When I was a child in Sunday school, I always wondered what went wrong? We would read about Adam and Eve, the way they walked with God in the garden. But in a few generations, people were so evil, God chose to flood the earth and start over. Then Noah and his three sons andContinue reading “DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? Judges 2:10-12,14.”
ECCLESIASTES IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE BIBLE. Do You Have a Favorite?
What is your favorite book of the Bible? Have you thought about it? Have you read enough of the Bible to have a favorite? If not, why not? What are you waiting for? It only takes a few minutes a day. The first time I read Ecclesiastes, I had just spent the hardest year ofContinue reading “ECCLESIASTES IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE BIBLE. Do You Have a Favorite?”
Have You Ever Felt the Sting of Rejection? Psalm 118:22.
If you have felt rejected, you are not alone. Jesus was rejected by the “best,” most elite people of His day, the super-religious, smartest, and most well-educated, the Pharisees and Sadducees. But God did not reject Him—and only God’s view of things matters. Jesus quoted Psalm 118:22: “The stone the builders rejected has become theContinue reading “Have You Ever Felt the Sting of Rejection? Psalm 118:22.”
We Cannot Save Ourselves. Ezekiel 16:63.
There is a great story in Ezekiel 16. God compares His rescue of Israel to the rescue of abandoned newborns. He saves them, nurtures them, feeds, clothes, and adorns them with jewelry. He makes them beautiful, redeems their broken lives and makes them amazing. And what happens? They become proud of their beauty and makeContinue reading “We Cannot Save Ourselves. Ezekiel 16:63.”
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