It’s a sobering thing to realize that many who profess to know Jesus Christ as Savior really, in fact, do not. Jesus makes this abundantly clear in Matthew 7:21ff. These unconverted religious people will know the language to use and the works to ape, yet the Lord Jesus declares them workers of iniquity who will…
Those who know the Lord God as Savior are aware that He is a God of grace, even when we experience some of the less desirable truths of Scripture. Events in Jacob’s life in Genesis 31-32 illustrate that, even though we reap unpleasant fruit from sinful seed, God’s grace sustains His own. Jacob, of course,…
This is day is 22,703. And what’s so significant about that, you ask? Well, let me explain. Several years ago, I was reading Psalm 90 and I decided to take one of the verses very literally. The Psalm begins by extolling God’s eternal existence, which gives a great sense of security. Moses, who wrote the…
No doubt you have been disgusted and sickened to see what has gone on in cities all over the country as rioters and looters—better, anarchists & insurrectionists!—have exploited the death of George Floyd to wreak havoc and create chaos & fear. We’ve watched… Tough-guy thugs throw water bottles, bricks, and fireworks at police officers Masked…
I usually read one book a year that has to do with time management…goal setting… life management stuff. I’m always looking for ways to be productive, but balanced. Many of those books—especially those dealing with goal setting—suggest you develop a sort of 5-year plan and work backwards from there. So, they advise, ask yourself this…
Daniel Burnham, the chief architect of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago sought an incredible attraction to be the answer to the feature attraction at the previous world exposition in Paris—the Eiffel Tower. An engineer by the name of George Ferris submitted an idea—but it was so preposterous, Burnham immediately dismissed it. Nearly 4…
Surely our sensibilities are shocked, our hearts grieved, with the images, video footage, and expressions of outrage we see on the news and various social media outlets. One gets the sense that this isn’t a protest; it’s war. This reality struck me seeing the image of an armed “occupier” at the so-called “autonomous zone” in…
The national mood the last couple of weeks has involved a mixture of fear, anger, and not a little bit of anxiety. Pretty somber days. I saw it quite evident recently when I turned on Fox News a little before 9. Sean Hannity was in the closing moments of his hour covering the rioting and…
Not all conferences I have attended over the years yielded a memorable statement, something a speaker said that stuck. One did, however. It must’ve been ten years ago (by the way, I find myself say that a lot lately—everything was about ten years ago! Upon further reflection, it’s either much longer than or not nearly…
As I’ve been reading some of the passages related to Holy Week, one of the themes that struck me is that Jesus knew very well what was coming. As Jesus and the disciples were leaving Jericho, headed toward Jerusalem, he said: “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be…