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…
Evangelical churches have pushed “winsomeness” over the past few decades as the way we should present the gospel to the lost. “Why are not more coming to faith?” they asked. “Why are we not seeing more people flooding into the kingdom of Christ? How can we better win souls to the Lord?” They then looked…
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…
Last week a brother pointed me to a YouTube video called “The Broken Boys of Kenosha” (https://youtu.be/BzAMjU14z4w) and highly recommended that fathers share it with our sons. After watching it, I completely agree! Several violent conflicts out of Kenosha, WI, made national news over the past couple of years (Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, Joseph Rosenbaum,…
In 1996, under the Clinton administration, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as being between one man and one woman. Here is a summary of H.R. 3396 passed by the 104th Congress (1995-1996): Defense of Marriage Act – Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that no State, territory, or…
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34.8 When God says, “Taste and see,” he invites us to experience his goodness. Walk with God and experience the peace, comfort, and assurance along his firm path. We find solid footing, an anchor for the soul,…
“I want you to understand thatthe head of every man is Christ,the head of a wife is her husband,and the head of Christ is God”(1 Cor. 11.3) “I could never submit to a man.” Feminism has borne much fruit in our times; men and women alike have purchased and partaken of that fruit, unaware of…
Recently, someone admitted to me he wasn’t sure we could actually obey Jesus’ command in John 15.12–14: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command…
I just listened to a report by Kate Wells from Michigan Radio on NPR: Inside a Michigan clinic, patients talk about abortion — and a looming statewide vote : NPR One young lady spent three months in her home state of Ohio trying and failing to get an abortion, which are currently banned in that…