Two men bore the name Enoch in the early history of mankind. One was the third from Adam in the line of Cain (Gen. 4:1, 17); the other was “the seventh from Adam” in the line of Seth (Gen. 5:3-24; Jude 14). But their characters were very different. One had a memorial raised to him […]
Chuck Colson went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 21. Before coming to faith in Christ, Chuck had been known as the White House’s “Hatchet Man.” He received this moniker as he was known to be a tough political operative while serving as Special Counsel to President Nixon. Ultimately, he was implicated […]
According to its own statistics, YouTube has 800 million unique users who visit every month. Over three billion videos are viewed every single day. More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the three major US networks have created in 60 years! Those numbers only refer to Youtube and don’t include other video […]
Hebrews 11 is faith’s Hall of Fame—the great cloud of witnesses to the life of faith. This chapter describes, defines, and demonstrates faith. Verse 1 is the description, while verse 13 gives the definition. Faith can be defined by three verbs found in verse 13: “assured,” “embraced,” and “confessed.” Being assured of faith has to […]
Like Joshua. He lived all out for the Lord. He lived a fruitful and successful life. There is much to be copied in a life like his. Joshua had a Heart for God “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the […]
Even in the worst of storms, the Captain of our souls still gets us to the mountain top. While there is no record of Noah’s failure in Hebrews 11, as we come to Genesis 9 we learn the sad lessons recorded there. The man who started so well and continued so faithfully, finished his course […]
…of Whom the World was not Worthy “And others were tortured, not accepting their release, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they […]
When our Lord left heaven, He didn’t come to earth as an aloof sovereign, meeting with the common people only for the few seconds it would take to provide the first-century equivalent of a photo shoot. He came to be with His people. So we read that He spent a great deal of time in […]
His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. When they had finished the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not […]