Faithfulness

We live in a world of lies, deceit, fraud, double standards, and broken promises. Truthfulness and fulfilled promises are on the low end of the scale. Even the expectancy of truthfulness and faithfulness is ever waning. Man’s behavior should not surprise us....

Our Awesome, Holy God

There is a striking picture in the Book of Revelation when John is transported in the spirit into heaven, he sees God on His glorious throne and the four living creatures are praising Him continually. Of all the characteristics that the Scriptures use to describe God,...

No Longer Blind

I suspect many of us in our pre-Christian days made an occasional attempt to read the Bible. After several struggles, we gave up in the “begats” of the Old Testament and turned to the New Testament, only to become bewildered by the language concerning grace,...

Consistency in Fellowship

You wake up on Sunday morning; your head is throbbing; you have fever pain; and this is going to be one morning that you are not going to make it to church. Next Sunday rolls around. You wake up to howling wind and a blinding blizzard; you check the website, services...

Freed from the Power of Sin

We have many images of the new life of the believer in Scripture where the differences between the believer and the unbeliever stand out in sharp contrast: blind/seeing, darkness/light, old/new, dead/alive, lost/found, slavery/freedom, enmity/friendship, and children...