“Special” People In dealing with Israel after coming out of Egypt and preparing them for entry into Canaan, God told them, “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special … [Read more...]

How Did Christ Die? Some have expressed difficulty with the timing of events surrounding Christ’s actual death. In the book of John it reads as though Christ was already dead when the soldier pierced His side with a spear. “But when they came … [Read more...]

Recommitment Being called into God’s way of life represents such a radical departure from the course of this world. The initial commitment, however, was so worth the reconciliation we had with our Father, and then with the future potential to … [Read more...]

Moral Clarity The United States of America has had the chance to demonstrate to the world how a moral code of ethics produces clarity of purpose and direction. It is a rather obvious statement to say that it has failed to do so. As Frank Furedi, … [Read more...]

The Give Way “You can give without loving, but you can’t love without giving.” For some, giving and especially to be seen as giving, is a means to some particular end. Most notably, we would think of worldly politicking.  However, … [Read more...]

The Prophetic Word Confirmed It is interesting to note that many of the recent developments taking place globally have been anticipated by God’s church for a long time. We made mistakes by allowing ourselves to get excited about world events to … [Read more...]

Examining Ourselves The purpose of spiritual self-examination at any time of the year, and especially prior to Passover, is that we properly discern the Lord’s body. How can we know if we are discerning Christ’s sacrifice properly? First, we … [Read more...]

Believe and be at Peace In a time of uncertainty, we need to be able to hold on to things that are certain. To this end God says, “Known to God from eternity are all His works” (Acts 15:18). This is an incredibly expansive certainty. It … [Read more...]

What is Truth? The age-old question that has intrigued mankind for millennia is, “What is truth?”. It has been a source of lively debate in the halls of academia, and it is the very question that Pilate asked Christ just prior to His … [Read more...]

Endurance As Christ warned, the world is becoming increasingly dysfunctional. We are seeing the seeds planted over a long period bearing fruit. He also said that as the world experienced the beginning of sorrows, that attention would turn toward … [Read more...]