“Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about” (Gen. 22:2, NIV). That’s what God told Abraham to do at the …
In Psalm 137, the psalmist writes about a time when the Jews were in captivity in Babylon. While there, the Babylonians asked them to, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion” (Psalm 137:3). These were the songs the Jews used to sing in the Promised …
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new,” Paul writes (2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV.) The fact that we have become a new creation in Christ does not mean we automatically live …
As for the question posed by the title of this post, you may be thinking well, yeah, my spouse and I are Christians. But just because the two of you are Christians does not mean God is an active partner in your marriage. He may be …
Facing the cross of Calvary, Jesus’ human side showed up big time. He felt the weight of the burden He would bear. How would you like to know the exact day you were going to die and the barbaric way it was going to occur? “My …
In preparation for Hurricane Irma in 2017, my wife and I went to try and find a supply of bottled water. She went to one Walmart location, and I went to another. Both of us came up empty. In the location I visited, not one case …
Whenever one of the apostles wrote to a local church, it was to be regarded as a call to action from God. That’s because they wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit with apostolic authority. Their writings were filled with godly advice for the churches …
We make many personal plans in our lifetime. And though we can’t see God, He is actively involved in those plans. According to the Bible, “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21, NIV). The quote …
