When the main business of business is His business. The front is not an easy place. There are soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and other trouble spots around the world who will not only be in harm’s way, but who are as far away as you can get on the planet from family and friends. […]
The “facts” need to be brought into focus. Science has many secrets. Not deep, dark, conspiratorial secrets, but practical secrets that are well-known to trained scientists yet not often revealed to the public, and for good reason. Scientists like to project an aura of authority and calm, unbiased rationality, which might be in jeopardy if […]
Going into all the world includes cyberspace. By now, we all know that the internet is not just a fad, as some predicted several years ago. In fact, for many people in the world, the internet has become a way of life. People today are chatting, blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, Youtubing, and a whole list of […]
“Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you…” Witnessing for Christ is a way of life. The question is not when to witness or where to witness. If we are Christians, we are witnesses. I may or may not be a good witness, but I am a witness nevertheless. Jesus said, […]
“If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” (1 Cor. 14:8) Our text forms part of Paul’s argument against the public use of tongues when there was no interpreter present. The point he makes in verses 7-11 was that unclear and unintelligible sounds achieve nothing. If the musician fails to […]
The sword of the Spirit should be used with care. Preaching the Word is serious business. “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; Preach the Word … For the time will come when they will not endure […]
“It is strange to be jealous over a God that you refuse to acknowledge exists.” I was born in Israel and grew up in Kibbutz Adamit, a small commune-type village in the Galilee. While I was born a Jew, I never thought much of the God of Israel. I was raised with many socialistic ideas, […]
“You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Lk. 12:40) About twenty years ago, as a new believer reading through the Bible for the first time, I came across a passage that puzzled me. Leviticus 25 speaks of the Year of Jubilee, with each person […]
How can I know the Spirit of God is at work? Perhaps you’ve noticed that the Bible lists several different sins against the Holy Spirit: grieving, quenching, resisting and blaspheming, just to name a few. But I’d like to draw our attention to one sin against the Holy Spirit that isn’t specifically mentioned in Scripture: […]