When Men Have no King
In essence, I Samuel 8 relates the conversation of Samuel and God concerning Israel’s desire for an earthly king: Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at…
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Mistaking Evil for Good and Good for Evil
Isaiah 5:20 In God’s creation of the world, we see the statements in Genesis 1 that God saw that it was “good.” Hebrew (tov) (Gen. 1:4,10,12,18,21,25). Then in verse 31, He says…
From Thoughts to Doctrine
ONE’S THOUGHTS To me the thinking process of man is an extremely complex subject. “Thoughts” are seldom without history—in other words, they are built from the collected data of one’s experiences, emotions…
Church Growth - The Acts of the world vs the ACTS of the Church
Acts 2:36-41 I. There are numerous books, slideshows, inspirational speakers, and programs that claim to have a magic formula for modern church growth. II. Some Modern Charismatic Methods: Change the packaging and…
The Intellect of Creation
The Bible’s first statement is an authoritative statement of fact; “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” That statement is not asking for approvals or debate, it merely states…
The Elusive Why
It’s not the “how” that most of the time troubles us, no, it is the “why” that often troubles and even, at times, torments us. Some people, who are usually devoid of…
The Issues of Life
There is a fine balance of mind and spirit that the redeemed can find, when contemplating the issues of life. From the reading of Job 1:21, a saying developed and is shared…
Gods Authority
Biblical authority structures are often the subject of significant ridicule. Some of it is self inflicted in the past, in the present, and to be sure, will be in the future. It’s…
Spiritual Authority
The idea of spiritual authority is a curious thing. Ephesus was a place where Paul would mark the rights and wrongs of it and emphatically declare the exercise of it as it…
The Delusion
There must a deep, underlying sense of frustration with the hope of enlightenment, and ideals which some have embraced, perhaps since they were children. Indeed, the common experience is now permeating society…
Seeing What Is In The Darkness
One of the major intentions of preaching the gospel is to reveal to humanity the existing concepts of the divine. The gospel gives man the ability to understand and communicate about his…
72 Hours In The Grave?
Advisory for those who state hard questions are not important. Is there a reason to wonder about why 3 days and 3 nights heart of the earth can be fit into Friday-Sunday?…