The breakdown of society in America is directly linked to the breakdown of the home. Deliberate rejection of God’s wisdom concerning the family has resulted in the acceptance of humanism’s folly. Sowing the winds of human wisdom brings the reaping of the whirlwinds…
Often, today’s blessings of spiritual growth have been abundantly watered by yesterday’s tears of repentance. The joy of deliverance only comes after the turmoil and tears of godly sorrow. The exuberant joy of Christ’s empty tomb was preceded by the dark travail of…
The history of humanity’s salvation begins with an extraordinary promise made to the serpent/devil—“I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (Genesis 3:15). Send article…
The city of Jerusalem is nestled within protective mountains. On the north, south, east, and west elevated terrain encircles Mount Zion. Like Jesus’ use of the location and construction of Caesarea Philippi to illustrate the building of His church (in Matthew 16:13ff), the…
Motives matter to God. Jesus plainly teaches that doing good so that you can be seen of men is fundamentally different than doing good so that God is glorified (Matthew 6:1ff). Evil and pure motives are readily discerned by God. Send article…
Because acceptable worship to God must be “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24), the attitude and mindset which prompt and permeate your worship are crucial. With two simple yet robust similes, Psalm 123 vividly describes the acceptable spirit of one whose eyes…
Ritual that is meaningless to the worshiper is also meaningless to God. Genuine, acceptable worship must be in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). It does not automatically happen simply because your body is in a certain locale at an appointed time. …
The setting of Psalm 121 is of a pilgrim some distance from Jerusalem who can lift up his eyes and see the hills which encircle the temple (v. 1). With this view on his horizon, he asks, “From whence comes my help?” (v….
Attendance and worship are not the same. Not only does God expect His children to be in the habit of attending worship services (Hebrews 10:25), He also requires that such a habit results in acceptable worship—done in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). …
The words “sum” and “some” are homophones; i.e. words that sound the same but do not have the same spelling or definition. “Sum” is a noun used in mathematics to mean the answer to an addition problem; it denotes the totality of a set. …
