He was only a young man when bands of foreign invaders pummeled through the walls of his city, destroyed his homeland, and carted him and thousands of others to a foreign land. Suddenly, he was introduced to food he'd never tasted. None of the foods he was accustomed...
Revelation 3:1b-3 "I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard;...
Romans 6:22 "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life." NIVThe other day when I was tramping through the brush to untangle one of the horses' stake lines, I found...
"For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live." (Rom 8:13, NIV2)This reminds me of another text: "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or...
How Can we avoid complacency?Last time we discovered that due to its "richy" attitude, the church of Laodicea was complacent. In becoming completely indifferent, it lost its sense of purpose. The "me first" attitude is truly deadly, for it results in members...
How can we know if we belong to God?Have you ever heard of Kitch-Iti-Kipi? Probably not, unless you travelled in Northern Michigan. It's Michigan's largest natural spring, 45 feet deep. The spring flows at a rate of more than 37,854 litters a minute, or for our...
"Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." (Gen 1:2, NIV2)Since the beginning of time, the Holy Spirit was there. He was present the day when our earth became alive with...