The visible world is a parable of the bigger and better invisible world. A parable is a physical and familiar device used to describe the spiritual reality which is currently invisible to us. Jesus used these “parables” often. For example, the parable of the prodigal son which describes the father-heart of God. However, I believe […]
Ecclesiastes 7:14–In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. Obviously this day for many of us in this country, reveals just how prosperous we are in […]
“I’m sorry but you will lose it…” A dentist told me about a tooth for which I went to see her. She took some x-rays and told me that I will eventually lose it. It would be the 4th tooth I would lose. I guess I didn’t inherit my mother’s good teeth. She’s pushing 80 […]
God had a choice. It’s either doing nothing and letting us all go to hell, or doing something that would cost Him dearly. It would have been easier to do nothing. He has given us the law, and we failed to live up to it. Therefore, it is right that we suffer the due consequence. […]
Ecclesiastes 3:10-11–I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. We naturally […]
Are you striving to enter into heaven? You must! If you are not, you will not get there! I know that sounds like bad theology. It sounds like we have to earn our way to heaven, which is contrary to the gospel. The gospel says that we do not get to heaven by our own […]
Ecclesiastes 1:8-All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filledwith hearing. Before reading this passage and “writing it off” as our pure pessimism, the entire book is considered to be wisdom literature, that we find answers to life’s questions in such statements. […]
It is difficult to stay tender as you age and also move up in the world. How many rich and famous people have we heard treating the “lowly” in a haughty and rude way just because of their position? I’ve even heard of big time pastors who treated their co-workers in ways that even secular […]
The Bible is not the only thing you can look to know how awesome God is. You can also look at what God has made. When God appears before Job and reveals His power to him, He alludes to these things: 1. The earth and its nature. 2. The universe and its stars. 3. The animals […]
Psalm 18:30-This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. I remember almost 16 years ago I was in a church service, where I heard a preacher declare, “your Heavenly Father is perfect!” It was something that sent chills up […]