God’s mysterious questions are more worthwhile than man’s professed answers to life. You can’t avoid the cosmic battle between good and evil. You are the battlefield. The book of Job may appear to be exceptional in the way the conflict is engaged, but—one way or another—we all find ourselves in the enemy’s crosshairs. G.K. Chesterton opined that […]
“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,…For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Mt 6:21). Laying up treasure in heaven gives you a vested interest in heaven’s interests on earth. How do we do this—get treasures from earth to heaven? By investing in people who will be going there! […]
If the purpose of life is a life of purpose, we will need to have God’s wisdom to know what it is. When we turn the page on Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, we leave the historical books of the Old Testament. We now enter what is labeled the Wisdom and Poetry section of the Bible: […]
The elevator boy isn’t the only one to get a tip in this story. Here’s a tip for believers when it comes to how we are to approach our generous-hearted Father. […]
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible’” (Mk 10:27). What seems impossible to men? In context, it’s the salvation of self-satisfied people, content in their riches. Perhaps like your friends and relatives and neighbors. Impossible? Not with God! […]
“Bear one another’s burdens (baros), and so fulfill the law of Christ…each one shall bear his own burden (phortion)” (Gal 6:2, 5). Phortion is a load without reference to weight; baros always suggests a heavy burden. Christ’s phortion is light, but He wants us to help those under heavy loads. Know someone like that? […]
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going” (Eccl 9:10). I’m wearied not by what I do but what I leave undone. Hard to improve on the old Saxon saying: “DOE THE NEXTE THYNGE.” […]
“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isa 45:22). Strange as it may seem, we’ve come to the end of Old Testament history. The following books (Job–Malachi) overlap the previous books (Genesis–Esther) with rich layers of Hebrew poetry and prophecy. The only […]
Let’s get something straight. God gave us minds and expects us to use them. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Some famous atheists have said that God is anti-intelligence because He forbade Adam and Eve from eating from the tree […]