Abraham lost the love of his life in a land which was not his own. At the Lord’s command, he had been wandering about Canaan for the last 60 years or so, with Sarah constantly at his side. In fact, they had been married for most of Sarah’s 127 years. But the time came when…
What Is Sound? Since only the letters to Timothy and Titus use the word “sound” in the context of our discussion (picking up from our last post), let us look to those letters to see what Paul says is sound. From the negative perspective, Paul defines what is contrary to sound doctrine: Now we know…
This phrase recently caught my attention: “God is easy to please and hard to satisfy.” How does that strike you? Some picture God as the unsmiling coach who chides his team after winning a game, “You made mistakes; be at practice first thing in the morning so I can whip you into what you ought…
If you are not a Christian, you do not know the Holy Spirit, nor can you know him (John 14.17). He belongs to the children of God. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because…
Why are men drawn to the adulterous woman? Solomon starkly outlined the wiles of the forbidden woman in the first 9 chapters of Proverbs. Notice the common themes: For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as…
Christmas spirit has begun to fill our neighborhoods as lights, figurines, and ornaments appear in houses and yards. It’s interesting to see the different setups. Mr. and Mrs. Santa stand next to the Grinch and his dog Max. Reindeer sit on a roof, and Santa’s lower body protrudes from a chimney. Next door, soft lights…
Newton’s Laws of Motion teach us that objects move only when force is applied to them. We live in a world of many forces, such as gravity and friction, slowing and stopping moving objects. If I throw a frisbee as hard as I can, it may fly a long way, but gravity and wind resistance…