Romans 12:19 – Household Words:

Learn More About Heaven and its People by Reading the Old Testament Prophets. Zechariah 6:1-8.

When God created the universe, He made so much more than this planet and the plant, animal, and human life on it. In addition to the observable, material universe—stars, planets, and things we can see, God filled His creation with an even more-real dimension of life that those of us in the material world cannotContinue reading “Learn More About Heaven and its People by Reading the Old Testament Prophets. Zechariah 6:1-8.”

LEAVE ROOM FOR THE WRATH OF GOD. Romans 12:19.

I had enemies. You hear about circles of influence? I had circles of enemies. It began with kids on my street, then bullies from other streets who rode up just to fight. And the children at daycare were given free reign by the drug-addled hippies responsible for us. (Those ladies considered rock-fights ‘good, clean fun.’)Continue reading “LEAVE ROOM FOR THE WRATH OF GOD. Romans 12:19.”

JUSTICE. Nahum 1:3.

On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Lee Ertman (14) and Elizabeth Pena (16) took a shortcut through Houston’s T.C. Jester Park around 11:30 p.m. (The park snakes along White Oak Bayou about a mile north of Hwy 290 and Antoine.) In their hurry to get home after a birthday party, the two girls walked past sixContinue reading “JUSTICE. Nahum 1:3.”

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.”

Revenge.

Can you think of a time when you desperately wanted vengeance? When someone did you wrong and you could not stop daydreaming about ways to get even? What does the Bible say about revenge? When David and his men were starving and requested food from Nabal, a rich man whose flocks David’s men had protected,Continue reading “Revenge.”

The Moment in the Cave.

This morning as I considered spraying washer fluid on my windshield to “encourage” a tailgater to back off, it came to me: HERE’S THE GREATEST RULE IN ETHICS: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Luke 6:31. Are we following that standard? Some politicians follow a different ethic: “Attack your enemiesContinue reading “The Moment in the Cave.”