“How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked…” -Psm. 1.1a “You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.” -Ex. 27.20 It is one thing to declare in a church meeting that the Lord has become our Counselor. It is quite another thing to dwell in the clear air of His heavenly sanctuary, and to surrender our lives- lock, stock, and barrel- to the counsel He ... Read Full Story

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Mark 13:28-31) We’ve been looking a lot in my articles lately about the kingdom of God, the Wor... Read Full Story

“For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, even you yourself will be captured; and Chemosh will go off into exile together with his priests and princes.” -Jer. 48.7 The Moabites were a people who lived in what we now know as Jordan, mostly making their abode along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Their kingdom was often in conflict with Israel, and the God of Israel had a long-standing controversy with them. The prophets testify to this controversy. Moab... Read Full Story

We have heard it said that in the last days the good will be called bad and the bad will be called good. During creation, each day God saw everything that He had created was good. Satan wants to flip over everything upside down. He wants people to call good things “bad” and bad things “good.” Therefore, those without a relationship with God will in general or naturally, do the opposite of God. “There is a way which seems right to a man but its end is the way of ... Read Full Story

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.  In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.” (Psalm 1:1-4) A tree–and pretty much all p... Read Full Story

“When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion, we were like those who dream.  Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with joyful shouting; then they said among the nations, ’The Lord has done great things for them.’ The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.” (v. 1-3) Charles Spurgeon noted that Psalm 126 is broken up into three portions, and we will take the next three days to delve into them: “a song” (vv. 1-3) “a ... Read Full Story

“But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”  (Matt 13:23) Recently I had heard about a number of tombs being found in Egypt in recent years which contained mummified remains of people.  In the tombs they also had jars which contained seeds that had been preserved in that state for thousands of years. Someone got the idea to sow them and ha... Read Full Story

“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost” 1 Tim 1:15 The phrase “peccator justus” is Latin for, “justified sinner.” I am not a Latin expert, or anything close to one actually, but the two words are reverberating through my mind and heart as I type today. Here is the reason why:  On December 9th, 1968 a man named Karl Barth- a Swiss/German theologian- was working on writing a lect... Read Full Story

And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” Mark 4:31-32. God’s kingdom is established and started with imperishable seed. We’ve already establ... Read Full Story

What can be gleaned from the creation account, no matter if you interpret it literally or non literally? Here are some thoughts off the top of my head, from A to Z. A. Everything is here the way it is because of God’s will somehow. Creation was God’s will and God’s idea. It has a purpose that involved humans and God. Gen 1:1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. B. God has an order to what He does. He wants people to likewise have purpose and order. This... Read Full Story