To those who, by patience, perseverance, and endurance in doing good, seek for glory and honor and immortality – eternal life (Romans 2:7, OGV). I studied the Greek word for “patience” recently. In the Greek, it is two words and literally means “under” (hypo) and “remain” (mone). I’m sure those speaking Greek in the New Testament era knew exactly …
Psalm 52 begins with . . . A psalm of David, regarding the time Doeg the Edomite said to Saul, “David has gone to see Ahimelech.” One Biblical scholar describes Doeg as one of the top five evil men in the entire Bible. And David seems to concur when he describes Doeg . . . …
Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the Lord will be joyful (Proverbs 16:20, NLT). A proverb, though seemingly brief, is a complex thought revealing God’s wisdom. For this reason, at least once or twice a year, I have read the book of Proverbs over and over throughout the last 50 years. And I …
You can’t be a Christian without knowing John 3:16 – it’s on roadsides, on t-shirts, and used to be a sign held behind the goalposts of football games. But we easily take John 3:16 out of context when we don’t read the next verse of John 3:17. Let’s read them together. First, John 3:16 . …
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord (2 Samuel 7:18, NLT). I love the phrase “sat before the Lord.” David went to a room in his palace and sat before the Lord. We don’t need a palace – a quiet place in our home, a back porch, a walk through a park, …
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him (Ephesians 1:17, ESV). Success depends on making the right decision. Assuming that we are all leaders, we want to lead effectively. But how? The Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 1:17 …
But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:23-24, NASB1995). I finished reading the book, The Air We Breathe, by Glen Scrivener. It was voted by Christianity Today as one of the …
The cancel culture talk today is often a hidden attempt to cancel sin. If there is no sin, then we can do anything, anywhere, anytime, and with anyone with no penalty – exactly what those in rebellion to God’s holiness desire. Unfortunately, we can’t cancel God’s holiness. We can only try to talk ourselves into …
This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins (1 John 4:10, NLT). It will happen, perhaps again and again. We will be humiliated in front of others. Some of us experienced it on the playground, being the last …
Jesus said to them, “If two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them” (Matthew 18:19-20). All prayers are good prayers. Some prayers will be answered, and some will not, but an artist …