“The people sitting in darkness have seen a great light. To those living in the Shadow of Death, a LIGHT has come” Matthew 4:16. Our world is filled with darkness. War. Famine. Epidemics. Cancer. Even the Christmas story includes Herod’s “Slaughter of the Innocents,” a massacre so heinous that for centuries Herod was named byContinue reading “DARKNESS REDUX. Luke 5:31-32.”
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Predestination vs. Free Will. Daniel 11:27.
How can God know the future, yet still allow us to make our own decisions? “If he knows what I’m going to do, then didn’t He CAUSE me to do it?” “Foreknowledge is not cause.” I love that simple answer from the Dragon in the John Gardner novel GRENDEL. “Foreknowledge is not cause.” Just becauseContinue reading “Predestination vs. Free Will. Daniel 11:27.”
GOD-IS-MY-GIRLFRIEND MUSIC. Daniel 7:9-10.
Does your music help you grow in Christ? Christian pop and many worship songs emphasize our intimate friendship with God. He is our loving, intimate friend. Those who scorn such music have called it “God-is-my-Girlfriend Music.” But I don’t scorn it—it beats regular-girlfriend music. We are the Bride of Christ; intimate friendship is His desire.Continue reading “GOD-IS-MY-GIRLFRIEND MUSIC. Daniel 7:9-10.”
God Can Wipe Out Armies With a Word. Ezekiel 39:9
Benjamin Franklin was known to be a deist, believing God to be a distant watch maker who set the planets in orbit, then took no further interest. Yet, as he aged, Franklin’s views appear to have changed. After all–he was an eyewitness to the incredible David vs Goliath victory when the rag-tag Continental army defeated the armiesContinue reading “God Can Wipe Out Armies With a Word. Ezekiel 39:9”
Pork, Port, and Potions: What’s So Tempting About Idolatry? Psalm 135:15-18.
Few things are more surprising to a first-time Bible reader than the constant presence of idol worship in a book about the One True God. God called Abram out of idol worship. His grandson Jacob married Rachel—who stole her father’s idols as a wedding present to herself. After Moses brought the nation out of Egypt,Continue reading “Pork, Port, and Potions: What’s So Tempting About Idolatry? Psalm 135:15-18.”
Crime Doesn’t Pay.
More specifically, SIN does not pay. Do not be deceived by appearances. God is watching and He will address it. After all, He says, “vengeance is Mine. I will repay” Romans 12:19. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” Galatians 6:7. Consider the many punishmentsContinue reading “Crime Doesn’t Pay.”
The Lord in Heaven Laughs.
“Mann traoch, Gott Lauch” is a Yiddish proverb: “man plans, God laughs.” God is in control. How could He not laugh? We plan for success, but God chuckles, allowing humbling failure. Or perhaps we prepare for a few failures—but God laughs and sends only victories. That too is humbling as we realize victory was notContinue reading “The Lord in Heaven Laughs.”
What is That to You?
Jesus told Peter he would be martyred one day, and Peter said, “What about John?” Jesus answered, “Even if John survives till My return, what is that to you? You follow Me!” John 21:18-22. Do you get the point? What God asks of one believer has no impact on another believer. “What is that toContinue reading “What is That to You?”
Do You Know What Grace Is?
Could you explain grace, or is it just a churchy, religious word for something like forgiveness? Grace is related to forgiveness, but it is different. God forgives His children and wipes the slate clean. But grace is how God puts value in your life after sin has destroyed it. If you broke a crystal pitcher,Continue reading “Do You Know What Grace Is?”
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