When we refuse to agree with God that we have sinned, we experience the barrenness which David experienced until he confessed his sins to God. Prayer must be listed as one of the key priorities in the believer’s life. I vividly remember crying out to God in desperation as a lost sinner, and I also […]
When were you last sung to in an airport? I was so treated after missing a flight from O’Hare Airport, Chicago, on November 18, 2006. But I must not get ahead of my story. For months I had been looking forward to meeting with the Kansas City part of our family for their Thanksgiving week. […]
Not everything that is real can be seen. My five-year-old son and I enjoy making geometric shapes using magnets molded into plastic rods which then cling to small steel balls. Bringing the magnet close to the ball causes the ball to be drawn toward, and held to, the magnet. The force that causes the ball […]
The highest form of worship is concerned not with what God has done for us, but with who He is in Himself. The highest, the holiest, the most sublime ministry of the church is the ministry of worship. God has given us the unique privilege of being able to minister directly to Him and thus […]
Years ago, a neighbor lady told me she was a “member” of the church down the street and that she “…hadn’t attended for nine years.” Her idea of membership seemed similar to a magazine subscription that could be renewed year after year without leaving the house! Later, while visiting a friend, I was invited to […]
Why then would we see this cry of David’s as anything other than a further attempt by his bad conscience to minimize his many sins by rolling them all into one? A couple of years ago, I submitted an article to a secular philosophy journal. They returned the editor’s copy to me with the happy […]
Our children and grandchildren desperately need the praying support of committed parents. The book of Job could very possibly be the first portion of Scripture written, long before Moses took on the job of editor/author of the Pentateuch under the direction of the Holy Spirit. Job opens with a view of a God- fearing father […]
Thanksgiving is the means by which blessings return to glorify God (see 2 Cor. 4:15) It is a strange thing indeed that both the United States and Canada have official government declarations setting aside days for Thanksgiving to God. Canada’s official proclamation states that it should be “…a day of general thanksgiving to almighty God […]
The One who commanded the light to shine out of darkness Himself has shined in our hearts. Such light is ours to share with an ever-darkening world. Dark times. Sooner or later, everyone faces them. Isaiah prophesied over a period of sixty years. There were moments of light in those decades, but, on the whole, […]