Good Principles Are you a person of good principles? A very simple definition of principle is: a kind of rule, belief or idea that guides you. It serves as a foundation for a chain of reasoning or behavior. To strive to “be fair” with others is … [Read more...]

The Rising of the Beast G.K. Chesterton was a prolific journalist and author of prominence in the early 20th century. Many pithy quotes are attributed to him. One in particular is, “When men stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing; … [Read more...]

Spiritual Discernment Who could have imagined, ten years ago, the speed of the moral and social meltdown taking place within our nation today? How could evil have become good and good, evil,so quickly and continue to accelerate toward total … [Read more...]

Bearers of Knowledge As it becomes more obvious that morality is under attack, more seriously minded people are trying to analyze the reasons. Some discuss this in terms of cultural wars and try to make sense of why and where society is headed. In … [Read more...]

Move Forward in Faith The Days of Unleavened Bread are very reminiscent of the days after God began His direct involvement with Abram. “Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a … [Read more...]

Useless Alliances As the world descends into chaos, men and nations seek to make alliances for a sense of security. Smaller, less powerful nations seek treaties with the U.S. for protection against aggressors. An example of this is the more recent … [Read more...]

Continual Prayer - An Evidence of Our Faith James tells us that faith or belief without works is dead (James 2:20). Without a lengthy debate concerning faith versus works, James simply states that genuine faith is observable through our actions. … [Read more...]

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...]