Humans are tempted to sway to extremes. We are like pendulums, tending to sway to one side or the other. In contrast, God is a firm foundation. Christians must find their ballast in God’s word. A simply example may prove my point– consider the balance of Scripture on the topic of our bodies. The body… Read More »
I have a great respect for men like Wayne Grudem and Al Mohler. (I’m sure many more deserve to be on the list. For example: MacArthur, Duncan, Sproul, Piper, professors and pastors who shepherd me…) These men are scholars of the first rate. Intellectuals for Christ. In listening to one of Grudem’s sermons, what struck… Read More »
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9 The Bible forbids mixed marriages. Not interracial marriages, but marriages between Christians and non-Christians. In… Read More »
Email is an important means of communication. It has helped me to keep in touch with friends, set appointments, and be informed of the news. But I have gotten to the point of being overwhelmed by email! It is simply too time consuming to read all my email! I have a love/hate relationship with technology.… Read More »
Check out this amazing imagery from Scripture’s anthropomorphic language. Consider this an update on my previous post on our tininess. The scripture, it speaks for itself here. Latin experts, would the phrase “res ipsa loquitur” work here? Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house… Read More »
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. – Mal 3:6 James reminds us that every good gift comes from God, “with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” God is unchanging in his “being” and in his “perfections.” He is also unchanging in… Read More »
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. – Deut 29:29 In the Institutes, Johny C warns Christians not to “pry into the secret things of God.” As we study… Read More »
What do George Washington, the Apostle Paul, and Thomas Edison have in common? The answer: they have all died. I know, how morbid of me. People naturally (and maybe subconsciously) try not to think about death. But it is good for us to think about death. Hebrews 9:27 says that “it is appointed for man… Read More »
One of the reasons I love to be in nature is that I realize how tiny I am. Did you ever consider how big the Rocky Mountains are? Or how magnificient the Grand Canyon is? God is amazingly big. He is the creator. He transcends us. You don’t need to be in a national park… Read More »
“Had you invested $10,000 in Wal-Mart in 1975, you’d be sitting on $25 million today.” I find in myself the tendency to go to the extremes: either to love money too much or to have a pauper mentality. (The latter happens after I find out how fleeting and distressing chasing after money is. Then I… Read More »