It’s not surprising to hear that those who walk in God’s ways will be blessed. After all, if God is real and the Bible is his revealed truth to humanity, then it makes sense that those who live the way he desires will have the best life possible – a blessed life. I like to think of this as two separate paths that we can choose to walk down in life. One ... [Continue Reading]
Randomness (Psalms 18, 121)
Sometimes it’s easy to think that the things of this world are simply all random. After all, that’s what the evolutionary biologists hold to. The universe is a random array of events that just so happen to have occurred in a sequence that enabled the Milky Way to be created. In turn came the planets and the earth, and eventually plants and animals ... [Continue Reading]
Soul Thirst (Psalms 17, 35, 54, 63)
There is within each one of us a thirst that exists in the soul. It has been referred to by some as a God-shaped hole that cannot be filled by anything other than God himself. We do try to fill it with other things, though, don’t we? Whether it’s the numbing powers of alcohol or the love and acceptance of another person, we find ways to make the thirst ... [Continue Reading]
The God Who Catches Your Tears (Psalms 56, 120, 140, 142)
In Psalm 56, David writes of something very unusual; he says that God catches his (David’s) tears in a bottle. What exactly does that mean? If you ever visit the Holy Land, I’m told that you can actually purchase a small bottle that is used to collect a person’s tears. David was implying that God has such a bottle, too, and that he cares so deeply for ... [Continue Reading]
A Road of Hope (Psalms 27, 31, 34, 52)
In Psalm 34:19a, David states, “many are the afflictions of the righteous.” We can all relate to that to some degree because we have all faced afflictions of some kind or another. No one’s life is easy and problem-free – a truth that even the followers of Jesus have to accept. After all, Jesus was crucified at the hands of unrighteous men. The ... [Continue Reading]
Your Source of Refuge (Psalms 11, 59, 26, 7)
Where do you go when the world seems against you and everything in your life is falling apart? Where do you turn when all is not well and your enemies are pursuing you? David’s response to those situations was to turn to the Lord. The truth that he had in his heavenly Father was not short of all encompassing. The reason he was called “a man ... [Continue Reading]
Be Careful With What You Worship (Revelation 19-22)
On two separate occasions, John was tempted to fall prostrate in front of the angel who revealed the events to him that are recorded in Revelation. The angel, recognizing that he was not worthy of being worshiped, told John to get up and to worship God alone. In a culture that’s fascinated by the idea of angels, it’s so important to know that angels are not ... [Continue Reading]
Just or Unjust (Revelation 12-18)
One of the comments I hear about Christianity sometimes is that it's unjust that God would send so many people to hell - particularly those people who have never had an opportunity to hear about Jesus. One day while I was getting my teeth cleaned a few years back the hygienist started talking to me about her concern along the same lines. She had friends ... [Continue Reading]
The Nature of God’s Wrath (Revelation 6-11)
When we hear of God’s wrath, it’s easy to envision the people who have been a part of our lives who have anger issues. In 11:18 we read about the nations becoming angry because they will not get their way in the end times. The irony is that they have no reason to be angry – God has graciously given them opportunity to come to repentance. But as angry ... [Continue Reading]
Lukewarm Christians (Revelation 1-5)
John has a message from Jesus to the church of Laodicea that they are "lukewarm" - neither hot nor cold. The temptation is to think that Jesus was telling the church not to be "lukewarm Christians", but the problem is that the context doesn't support that idea. To really understand what Jesus meant you have to first understand the ... [Continue Reading]
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