God’s Character
Grace Is Not License
Moses, the leader of God’s people, was not a stranger to opposition, having faced off with Pharoah 10 times before being given permission to take the people out of Egypt. Sadly, opposition continued in the desert with friendly fire from his own brother and sister, Aaron and Miriam, who felt…
Read MoreSleeping Through a Storm
Mark 4:35-41 describes Jesus asleep on a cushion in the stern of a fishing boat when gale winds hit the Sea of Galilee and churned up fearful waves nearly swamping the boat. He was so exhausted from ministering to thousands that neither the violent pitching of the boat nor the…
Read MoreWe Can’t Know What We Don’t Know
Just when we think we have God figured out, He does the unexpected. This is what happened in the historical account of Abraham and Lot. When Abraham was childless, God made a covenant with Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. One year before Isaac was born,…
Read MoreThe Lie of Social Justice
Mankind has a long history of seeking justice and righteousness: the first dealing with the practice of fairness, and the second dealing with moral truth. It sounds like a very noble quest, except that a problem occurs when the definition of it changes according to who is defining it. Most…
Read MoreWhere Is God?
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” These are the words Jesus spoke to His disciples in John 16:33 both to warn them of what lay ahead and to encourage them…
Read MoreGod Knows Best
The Bible is chock-full of amazing promises that God has made to His people. There is no way in this short space to do justice to them all, and certainly each of us has our favorites. I seem to gravitate to those that defy natural conditions and circumstances. They elevate…
Read MoreWrong Question
When reading familiar stories of Jesus’ earthly exploits, I have found it necessary to slow w-a-y down to fully understand the intricacies of the events. The feeding of the 5000 in John 6 is a case in point. Our attention is usually drawn to how five barley loaves and two…
Read MoreThe Same Forever
If you are tuned into the times, you know there is a great dichotomy between living through fearful world and national events, and experiencing the sweet supernatural presence of God invading a worship service as He did at the Asbury Revival. God made the sovereign decision to palpably inhabit the…
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