2017-12-15 00:53
Perhaps it is not too much of a stretch to imagine that, at some point in his time on the island of Patmos, John stood on a rocky precipice and peered out across the Aegean sea. The beautifu… Read More
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2017-12-08 04:16
Paul had passed through the area of Lycaonia less than three years earlier on his first evangelistic tour, preaching the gospel at Inconium, Lystra, Derbe and the region round about (Acts 14… Read More
2017-11-30 18:52
Luke highlights the conversion of Cornelius because of its value in describing the universality of the gospel, but in so doing he also describes in one man a series of admirable qualities, t… Read More
2017-11-24 02:41
“Who art Thou, Lord?” Those were Paul’s words, spoken somewhere on a lonely, desert road outside the city of Damascus. But he must have had some idea already to whom he was… Read More
2017-11-17 05:34
Caiaphas and Jesus stood face to face. The created and the Creator in the same room. A pretend high priest and the heavenly High Priest. The chief priests and elders and all the sanhedrin ha… Read More
2017-11-10 00:36
Did Jesus stand before Pontius Pilate or did Pilate stand before Jesus? Of course, the Bible states that Jesus stood before Pilate (Matt. 27:11; I Tim. 6:13), and from the perspective of the… Read More
2017-11-02 11:26
YOU’RE A JUDAS! What a most loathsome and unwelcome defamation. No matter how egregious the offense of which one might be accused, to bear above that the weight of being a Judas is to… Read More
2017-10-27 02:15
No set of eyes ever pierced another soul so deeply. Peter had just denied his Lord with words marred with cursing and swearing, saying, “I know not the man” (Matt. 26:74). Immedi… Read More
2017-10-20 01:23
She saw the precious, little child to whom she gave birth, now a man full grown, suspended between heaven and earth, beaten, bloodied, mocked and nailed to a cruel, Roman cross. As she gazed… Read More
2017-10-12 17:05
Mothers and fathers could be heard weeping openly and loudly. There was no comforting these grieving parents and families at the loss of their children, brothers and sisters, nephews and nie… Read More
2017-10-05 20:26
The Pharisees wanted to entangle Jesus in His talk (as He had done so often to them, e.g., Matt. 21:23-27) and what better way to do this than to ask a question about politics and religion (… Read More
2017-09-28 13:16
Herodotus called it “the very honorable office” (III:34), referring to the office of cup-bearer. Nehemiah held such an office for Artaxerxes Longimanus (1:11; 2:1). The word tran… Read More
2017-09-22 06:24
Ezra was a good servant of the Lord and he was also a brilliant scholar of God’s word. He was described as “a ready [or brilliant or diligent – ELP] scribe in the Law of Mo… Read More
2017-09-15 00:05
It was no ordinary beauty contest. Probably hundreds of young, beautiful virgins had been brought from all over the empire out of every province to king Ahasuerus, to the palace at Shushan… Read More
2017-09-08 03:07
Just as our Lord began His public mission at the age of thirty (Luke 3:23; 4:14-21, and consequently, John, as well (Luke 1:24-26)), Ezekiel’s prophetic call was also in his thirtieth… Read More
2017-08-31 18:10
JEREMIAH
It was as cold and wet outside as a late November and early December day (Hebrew month of Chislev), but the king sat in his enclosed, winter quarters, warming himself by the fire pi… Read More
2017-08-24 23:41
What an awe-inspiring vision it must have been, this vision of the Lord which Isaiah saw. He beheld the Lord “sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple&r&hell…Read More
2017-08-16 22:44
Daniel was a young man, probably in his early teens, when the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar (634-562 B.C.), invaded his homeland (Dan. 1:1-4). This young man, possibly of the royal family… Read More
2017-08-11 03:09
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are popularly known as the three Hebrew Children, four including Daniel (Dan. 1:17). This word “children” (yeled) covers a number of years, being u… Read More
2017-08-03 18:37
In Jonah’s day, Nineveh was an “exceeding great city” having a large population (Jon. 3:3; 4:11; cf. Deut. 1:39). Moses mentioned first Nineveh as being built by Asshur, th… Read More
2017-07-27 15:50
Josiah (meaning, “healed by Jehovah”) was born six years before the end of his grandfather’s fifty-five year reign. Manasseh, his grandfather, did that which was evil in th… Read More
2017-07-20 14:49
The seed of wickedness may lie dormant for a long time, but that does not mean it is dead. The devil is patient. With only a little coaxing, that seed of wickedness may germinate into a noxi… Read More
2017-07-13 03:40
For the miracles they commanded, the history of Elijah and Elisha is like no other in the Bible, except for New Testament times, when miracles were given to confirm the word of the apostles… Read More
2017-07-06 20:37
He wasn’t much to look at. He was described as a hairy man, either referring to his own hair or possibly the out turned coats of skins he wore. And he wore a leather girdle and a mantl… Read More
2017-06-30 03:57
Life in Israel under Solomon had been a mixed experience. His focus on building projects, commerce and alliances with other nations had made Israel extremely prosperous. Solomon had become s… Read More
2017-06-23 02:24
Nathan the prophet had told David that through his seed the Lord was going to build a house for His Name (II Sam. 7:12,13). Though not specifically mentioned in Samuel, David states that God… Read More
2017-06-16 02:45
Joab came from a family of warriors. His younger brothers Abishai and Asahel were both noted for their bravery and physical prowess. His father is never mentioned by name but his selpechre w… Read More
2017-06-09 01:35
He was the youngest boy in his family, this young shepherd from Bethlehem (I Sam.16:11). As a shepherd keeping his father’s flocks, living out in the sun and under the stars, he experi… Read More
2017-05-31 23:02
There is, perhaps, no better way to begin to describe Saul, son of Kish, except in the words of David upon Saul’s death: “How are the mighty fallen!” (II Sam. 1:19). Saul h… Read More
2017-05-25 16:46
Ruth lived during the time of the Judges of Israel (Ruth 1:1). This was an unusually turbulent time with much war and bloodshed and ungodliness (Judges 17:6; 21:25). Yet the endearing story… Read More
2017-05-18 10:03
Samuel’s life showed promise from even before he was born. He was born to two godly parents, Elkanah and Hannah (I Sam. 1:1,2). Elkanah was of the line Kohath, whose descendants were i… Read More
2017-05-11 03:03
The name Eli means “lofty” or “ascension,” and could possibly be a shortened form of Eliel, meaning “God is high” (Hastings). He was a descendant of Itham… Read More
2017-05-03 22:33
Samson is celebrated in most circles because of his strength. His great, supernatural strength certainly set him apart in many ways but it is not unparalleled in Bible history. For instance… Read More
2017-04-26 21:25
Some men are leaders, but do not know it. The best leaders are sometimes those who are reluctant to lead, and have no ambitions to be leaders. Moses is a good example of this. When the Lord… Read More
2017-04-19 22:09
The time in which Deborah lived was notable for its lack of heroes. Apparently, there were no men qualified to lead. If there had been, it would have been likely that they would have been us… Read More
2017-04-12 18:11
More often than not, when an individual follows in the steps of some great person, whatever the situation may be, failure, or at least disappointment, is to be expected in varying degrees as… Read More
2017-04-05 21:19
Amram and Jochebed were very concerned about the things of God and His people. This can be gleaned, not only from Paul’s statement about their faith (Heb. 11:23), but also from the cha… Read More
2017-03-29 16:34
Aaron occupies a unique place in the history of God’s people. He was endowed with special skills that made him useful to God, but he was not the leader into which Moses naturally grew… Read More
2017-03-22 20:28
It is commonly assumed that Moses was unaware of his Abrahamic heritage when he was growing up in Pharaoh’s court. But scripture indicates that Moses knew all along from whence he came… Read More
2017-03-15 21:57
Lessons can be learned, not only from those who are held out in the Bible as examples of faith and good works, but also from those who were not. On one occasion Jesus said, “Remember L… Read More
2017-03-08 23:33
It is understandable, though not excusable, that Jacob would favor Joseph. Joseph was the son he had long sought from the wife he truly loved born in a time of great adversity in his life. B… Read More
2017-03-01 11:16
Jacob formed the third part of the well-known patriarchal triad of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (cf. Matt. 22:32). The Lord Himself was the first to use this description to Moses when He describ… Read More
2017-02-22 22:58
The birth of a child usually brings great joy. When it was told Abraham that he would have a son in his advanced age of one-hundred years, Abraham fell on his face and laughed (Gen. 17:17)… Read More
2017-02-15 20:08
Sarah was an uncommonly beautiful woman married to a rich man who traveled the world (13:2). Even at the age of sixty-five, Sarah was apparently attractive enough that Abraham worried Pharao… Read More
2017-02-08 11:23
Archeology shows that Ur was as advanced a city as there was in the ancient world. It had a sewage-waste disposal system, multiple story housing, large streets, its women wore wigs and had c… Read More
2017-02-01 22:30
Job was an extraordinary man. He lived very early in the history of the world and yet he still, at this late date, stands as one of the greatest examples of faith in God. He is described as… Read More
2017-01-25 02:14
Mighty men of old, men of renown! Giants! Men and women living hundreds of years old (Gen. 6:4). The world in Noah’s day was an astounding, incredible and amazing place. But for all it… Read More
2017-01-18 11:38
Notwithstanding their closeness to the Creation and their proximity to the Creator, there is nothing we read in the Sacred Account of Adam and Eve and their sons that suggest to us anything… Read More
2017-01-11 20:21
Because man was created as a social creature, and yet was all alone as a human being created in the image of God, there was something missing in his life, something that would make him compl… Read More
2017-01-04 22:25
God formed man out of the dust of the ground (Gen. 2:7). Science has learned that, quite literally and physically, man is made up of elements that are found in nature–oxygen, carbon, h… Read More
2016-12-14 11:04
In a few short days, this year will be put down in the books. The deeds you have done will be recorded in God’s book of remembrance and they all, but for one exception, cannot be erase… Read More
2016-12-07 19:35
Over the past several weeks I picked up some extra weight that I don’t want and certainly don’t need. It seems to happen every year around this time when there is less chance to… Read More
2016-11-30 11:25
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto… Read More
2016-11-23 11:13
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? (Luke 17:17).
When the Lord asks a question, you can rest assured that it is not because He needs information t… Read More
2016-11-17 00:01
A sword is a weapon. In and of itself it is neither good nor bad. It’s moral value is determined by whose hand wields it. It is a personal weapon, as well, because you have to be up cl… Read More
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