Doing and Being are important distinctions to God. By doing sin we fall into the judgment of God. But our Being, as in what we are when we come into this world, is as pure and innocent as Adam and… Read More ›
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STUDYING PSALM 39 AND THE SILENCE OF DAVID
David was suffering and wasting away under the discipline of the LORD and there was to be no gladness until he got right with God. “Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and… Read More ›
SET APART AND NOT OF THE WORLD.
“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” – Jn 17:17 How often we have heard these words! We use these words of our Lord to establish that truth is found in the Bible. And this is true, but… Read More ›
STIRRED UP
Paroxuno – “This Greek verb gives us our English word paroxysm which is defined as a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease), a convulsion (like paroxysm of coughing) or a sudden violent emotion… Read More ›
WHEN GOD IS YOUR HOPE…. Psalm 131
1 O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. The world that does not hope in God is proud and boastful. The… Read More ›
GAY LOVE IS JUST THE SAME?
“Our love is equal”. These are the words of someone celebrating the decision by the Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states. It is not equal. Just as all “love” is not equal, so this gay “love” is… Read More ›
HOW MANY FAITHFUL CHILDREN WILL THERE BE?
QUESTION: what is the key word in Ezra chapter 2? “Children” or “sons”, depending on the translation. They are the descendants of Israel who had accepted the call to leave Persia and return to Jerusalem and Judah. That 42,000… Read More ›
DO YOU RESPOND?
When Ezra read the book of the law to the assembled people, it says he “4stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his… Read More ›
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS
God says and reminds all who will hear that He is holy and nothing impure can come into His presence. “Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor…” Hab 1:13; cf… Read More ›
PREACHING OUT OF SEASON
What is clear is that the Preacher and the Church is to be addressing the selfishness and immoralities being encountered in the world. Instead of being vocal, often we are just silent. “2 Timothy 3:1-5 NASB[1] But realize this, that… Read More ›
A Conquering Faith 