Sanctified by Truth Just prior to His death, Jesus prayed to our Father very specifically for His disciples. ““I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours” (John 17:9). He was not praying … [Read more...]

Opened Ears The book of Job remains an interesting exercise in human nature. Job himself is the central character and the lesson readily presented to us is one of self-righteousness. This assumption is casually based on Job’s assertion that he … [Read more...]

Languishing Psalm 6, like Psalm 51, was written by David and is one of the “penitential” psalms meaning “relating to repentance”. Verses 1-2 reveal that David wrote the psalm at a time when he recognized the depth of his sin and was deeply … [Read more...]

Politics and Evolution “Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that first came the baboon and then man. Politics is proving that it can go either way.” Anonymous A bit of humor does little to lighten the polarizing effects of politics. Whether … [Read more...]

Establishing Thoughts A wonderful aspect of God’s creation is the human mind. Certainly man has a physical brain like animals, but the exceptionalism is in the fact that God has given man an additional spirit that animals do not have. This … [Read more...]

Turning Our Backs on the World, Not God In two short months, we will once again memorialize the suffering and death of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We will rehearse the events of that Passover – washing each other’s feet, partaking of the bread and … [Read more...]

Lead a Horse to Water... A gritty old farmer once said, “You can lead a horse to water, but we all know what a wet horse smells like.” That last part was intended to say, “but you can’t make him drink.” Either way, the conclusion to leading a … [Read more...]

The Dichotomy I was recently presented with a dichotomy and I was not immediately sure how to respond. It involved concerns for the problems within this country – the moral depravity etc. -- and a view held by the same person that God’s law has … [Read more...]

Praying for Others Praying for others is a way of life for believers. The Apostle Paul, however, took the time to go beyond the obvious in that regard, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of … [Read more...]

In Whom Do You Trust? The Prophet Jeremiah, through the Holy Spirit’s lead, had a good understanding of human nature (2 Peter 1:21). His classic statement about the deceitfulness and wickedness of the heart is insight not gained from the natural … [Read more...]